| Chaoyangia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Euornithes |
| Order: | †Chaoyangiformes Hou, 1997 |
| Genus: | †Chaoyangia Hou & Zhang, 1993 |
| Species: | †C. beishanensis
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| †Chaoyangia beishanensis Hou & Zhang, 1993
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Chaoyangia is an extinct genus of euornithean birds, containing the single species Chaoyangia beishanensis. This species is known from a single fossil specimen consisting of a partial skeleton including vertebra, ribs, hips, and upper legs. The specimen (museum catalog number IVPP V9934) was discovered in the Jiufotang Formation near the city of Chaoyang in Liaoning province, China. This rock formation has been dated to the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous period, 120 million years ago.