Biology:Xinghaiornis
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Xinghaiornis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | Ornithothoraces |
| Genus: | †Xinghaiornis Wang et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Xinghaiornis lini Wang et al., 2013
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Xinghaiornis is an extinct genus of toothless basal ornithothoracine dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Aptian stage) of western Liaoning Province, northeastern China . Xinghaiornis was first named by Xuri Wang, Luis M. Chiappe, Fangfang Teng and Qiang Ji in 2013 and the type species is Xinghaiornis lini.[1] Xinghaiornis was prepared by Maureen Walsh at the Dalian Museum of Prehistory, Dalian, China.
References
- ↑ Xuri Wang; Luis M. Chiappe; Fangfang Teng; Qiang Ji (2013). "Xinghaiornis lini (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning: An Example of Evolutionary Mosaic in Early Birds". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87 (3): 686–689. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12080. Bibcode: 2013AcGlS..87..686W. http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201303006&flag=1.
Wikidata ☰ Q13601300 entry
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