†Alethoalaornis agitornis Li et al. 2007 (true wing bird)
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Reptilia - Cathayornithiformes - Alethoalaornithidae
Full reference: L. Li, D.-y. Hu, Y. Duan, E=p Gong, and L.-h. Hou. 2007. Alethoalaornithidae fam. nov.: a new family of enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 46(3):365-372
Belongs to Alethoalaornis according to L. Li et al. 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LPM 00009, a skeleton. Its type locality is Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang
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