Rapaxavis Morschhauser et al. 2009 (bird)

Aves - Enantiornithes - 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

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Type: Rapaxavis pani

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiaioyugou, Lianhe (Cretaceous of China)

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