Biology:Schizooura
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Schizooura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Family: | †Schizoouridae |
| Genus: | †Schizooura Zhou, Zhou & O’Connor, 2012 |
| Species: | †S. lii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Schizooura lii Zhou, Zhou & O’Connor, 2012
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Schizooura is a genus of basal ornithuromorph bird known from the Early Cretaceous of Jianchang, western Liaoning, China . Its remains were discovered in Jiufotang Formation deposits, dated to 120 million years ago.[1]
References
- ↑ Shuang Zhou, Zhong-He Zhou and Jingmai K. O’Connor (2012). "A new basal beaked ornithurine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50 (1): 9–24. http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201202/P020120209570168040733.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q543288 entry
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