Yandangornis

Yandangornis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 81.5 Ma
Holotype specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Yandangithiformes
Cai & Zhao, 1999
Family: Yandangithidae
Cai & Zhao, 1999
Genus: Yandangornis
Cai & Zhao, 1999
Species:
Y. longicaudus
Binomial name
Yandangornis longicaudus
Cai & Zhao, 1999

Yandangornis is a genus of theropods (possibly avialans) from the Late Cretaceous Tangshang Formation of China. It lived 81.5 million years ago in what is now China. The type species, Y. longicaudus, was formally described by Cai and Zhou in 1999.