Reptilia - Saurischia - 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
Belongs to Rapaxavis according to J. K. O'Connor et al. 2011
See also Morschhauser et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DMNH D2522, a skeleton (nearly complete, largely articulated sub-adult individual preserved in a single slab of buff tuffaceous shale). Its type locality is Xiaioyugou, Lianhe, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Xiaioyugou, Lianhe
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