| Mengciusornis Temporal range: Aptian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Family: | †Schizoouridae |
| Genus: | †Mengciusornis Wang et al., 2019 |
| Species: | †M. dentatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mengciusornis dentatus Wang et al., 2019
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Mengciusornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of China. It contains one species, M. dentatus, remains of which have been found in the Jiufotang Formation. Together with the closely related Schizooura it makes up the family Schizoouridae.[1]