Aves - Enantiornithes - Longipterygidae

Full reference: L. Hou, L. M. Chiappe, F. Zhang and C.-M. Chuong. 2004. New Early Cretaceous fossil from China documents a novel trophic specialization for Mesozoic birds. Naturwissenschaften 91:22-25

Belongs to Longirostravis according to J. K. O'Connor et al. 2009

See also Hou et al. 2004 and Zhou and Zhang 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V11309, a skeleton (nearly complete and articulated skeleton surrounded by much of its plumage). Its type locality is Liaoning, Yixian (general), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Liaoning, Yixian (general)

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