Full reference: L. Hou. 1997. A carinate bird from the Upper Jurassic of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 42(5):413-417
Parent taxon: Ornithuromorpha according to X. Wang et al. 2014
See also Hou 1997, Hou 1997, Kurochkin et al. 2013, O'Connor 2012, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013 and Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxa: Ambiortus, Antarcticavis, Apsaravis, Archaeorhynchus, Bellulia, Changmaornis, Chaoyangia, Dingavis, Eogranivora, Gansus, Hollanda, Hongshanornithidae, Iteravis, Jianchangornis, Jiuquanornis, Juehuaornis, Kaririavis, Khinganornis, Ornithurae, Patagopteryx, Piscivoravis, Schizooura, Schizoouridae, Songlingornithidae, Vorona, Yumenornis, Zhongjianornis
Subtaxa: Liaoningornis longidigitris
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at southwest of Beipiao City (Cretaceous of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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