Boluochia zhengi Zhou 1995 (bird)

Aves - Enantiornithes - Longipterygidae

Full reference: Z. Zhou. 1995. Discovery of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 33(2):99-113

Belongs to Boluochia according to J. M. O'Connor et al. 2011

See also Chiappe 2002, Hou 1997, Wang et al. 1999, Zhou 1995 and Zhou and Zhang 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V9770, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Beishan Quarry, Boluochi, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beishan Quarry, Boluochi

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