Schizooura Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Family: | †Schizoouridae |
Genus: | †Schizooura Zhou, Zhou & O’Connor, 2012 |
Species: | †S. lii
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Binomial name | |
†Schizooura lii Zhou, Zhou & O’Connor, 2012
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Schizooura is a genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous of Jianchang, western Liaoning, China. Its remains were discovered in Jiufotang Formation deposits, dated to 120 million years ago.[1]