Changzuiornis

Changzuiornis
Temporal range: 122.1 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Family: Gansuidae
Genus: Changzuiornis
Huang et al., 2016
Type species
Changzuiornis ahgmi
Huang et al., 2016

Changzuiornis is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph bird from the Early Cretaceous of present-day China. It contains a single species, C. ahgmi.[1]

  1. ^ Huang, J.; Wang, X.; Hu, Y.; Liu, J.; Peteya, J.A.; Clarke, J.A. (2016). "A new ornithurine from the Early Cretaceous of China sheds light on the evolution of early ecological and cranial diversity in birds". PeerJ. 4: e1765. doi:10.7717/peerj.1765. PMC 4806634. PMID 27019777.