Reptilia - Theropoda - Longipterygidae
Full reference: E. M. Morschhauser, D. J. Varricchio, C. Gao, J. Liu, Z. Wang, X. Cheng, and Q. Meng. 2009. Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous bird Rapaxavis pani, a new species from Liaoning Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):545-554
Parent taxon: Longipterygidae according to M. Wang et al. 2015
See also Morschhauser et al. 2009, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor et al. 2011, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, O'Connor et al. 2011, Wang and Liu 2015, Wang et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2014, Zhang et al. 2014 and Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxa: Boluochia, Camptodontornis, Longipteryx, Longirostravis, Shanweiniao, Shengjingornis
Subtaxa: Rapaxavis pani
Type: Rapaxavis pani
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Xiaioyugou, Lianhe (Cretaceous of China)
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