Sapeornis

Sapeornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 124.5–120 Ma
Fossil specimen, National Museum of Natural Science
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Order: Omnivoropterygiformes
Family: Omnivoropterygidae
Genus: Sapeornis
Zhou & Zhang, 2002
Species:
S. chaoyangensis
Binomial name
Sapeornis chaoyangensis
Zhou & Zhang, 2002
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
  • Didactylornis Yuan, 2008
  • Shenshiornis Hu, 2010
Species synonymy
  •  ?Omnivoropteryx sinousaorum Czerkas & Ji, 2002
  • Sapeornis angustis Zhou & Zhang, 2009
  • Didactylornis jii Yuan, 2008
  • Shenshiornis primita Hu, 2010[1]

Sapeornis is a monotypic genus of avialan dinosaurs which lived during the early Cretaceous period (late Barremian to early Aptian, roughly 125-120 mya). Sapeornis contains only one species, Sapeornis chaoyangensis.

  1. ^ Hu, D.; et al. (2010). "A new sapeornithid bird from China and its implication for early avian evolution". Acta Geologica Sinica. 84 (3): 472–482. Bibcode:2010AcGlS..84..472H. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00188.x. S2CID 86441777.