Huoshanornis
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Huoshanornis |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Clade: | †Euenantiornithes |
Genus: | †Huoshanornis Wang et al., 2010 |
Species: |
† H. huji
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Binomial name | |
Huoshanornis huji Wang et al., 2010
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Huoshanornis is a genus of enantiornithine birds which existed in what is now Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning Province, China during the early Cretaceous period. Its fossil remains were found at Chaoyang City.[1] It was first named by Xia Wang, Zihui Zhang, Chunling Gao, Lianhai Hou, Qingjin Meng and Jinyuan Liu in 2010 and the type species is Huoshanornis huji.[1]
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