Khinganornis

Khinganornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Euornithes
Family: †Gansuidae
Genus: †
Wang et al., 2020
Species:
†K. hulunbuirensis
Binomial name
†Khinganornis hulunbuirensis
Wang et al., 2020

Khinganornis (after the Greater Khingan mountain range) is a genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Longjiang Formation of Liaoning, China. The genus contains a single species, Khinganornis hulunbuirensis, known from a nearly complete fossil preserved on a slab and counter slab. The holotype most likely represents an adult individual.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Xuri Wang; Andrea Cau; Martin Kundrát; Luis M. Chiappe; Qiang Ji; Yang Wang; Tao Li; Wenhao Wu (28 February 2020). "A new advanced ornithuromorph bird from Inner Mongolia documents the northernmost geographic distribution of the Jehol paleornithofauna in China". Historical Biology. 33 (9): 1705–1717. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1731805. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 213971956. Wikidata Q116673110.
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