†Sinornis santensis Sereno and Rao 1992 (bird)
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Full reference: P. C. Sereno and C. Rao. 1992. Early evolution of avian flight and perching: new evidence from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Science 255:845-848
Belongs to Sinornis according to J. O'Connor and G. Dyke 2010
See also Chiappe 2002, Senter et al. 2004, Sereno and Rao 1992 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BPV 538a+b, a skeleton (mostly complete skeleton with a partial skull). Its type locality is Sinornis type locality, which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sinornis type locality
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