Yanornis

Yanornis
Temporal range: Aptian, 125–120 Ma
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Fossil specimen of Y. martini
Artist's reconstruction of Y. martini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Family: †Songlingornithidae
Genus: †Yanornis
Zhou & Zhang, 2001
Type species
†Yanornis martini
Zhou & Zhang, 2001
Species
  • †Y. martini
    Zhou & Zhang, 2001
  • †Y. guozhangi
    Wang et al., 2013
Synonyms
  • Archaeovolans repatriatus
    Czerkas & Xu, 2002
  • Aberratiodontus wui
    Gong, Hou & Wang, 2004

Yanornis (simplified Chinese: 燕鸟; traditional Chinese: 燕鳥; pinyin: Yān niǎo; lit. 'Yan bird') is an extinct genus of fish-eating Early Cretaceous birds. Two species have been described, both from Liaoning province, China: Yanornis martini, based on several fossils found in the 120-million-year-old Jiufotang Formation at Chaoyang,[1] and Yanornis guozhangi, from the 124-million-year-old Yixian Formation.[2]

  1. ^ Zhou, Z.; Clarke, J.A.; Zhang, F. (2002). "Archaeoraptor's better half". Nature. 420 (6913): 285. Bibcode:2002Natur.420..285Z. doi:10.1038/420285a. PMID 12447431. S2CID 4423242.
  2. ^ Wang, Ji; Teng; Jin (2013). "A new species of Yanornis (Aves: Ornithurae) from the Lower Cretaceous strata of Yixian, Liaoning Province". Geological Bulletin of China. 32 (4): 601–606. doi:10.1360/972012-654.