Aberratiodontus wui Gong et al. 2004 (avialan)

Reptilia - Yanornithiformes - Yanornithidae

Full reference: E. Gong, L. Hou, and L. Wang. 2004. Enantiornithine bird with diapsidan skull and its dental development in the Early Cretaceous in Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 78(1):1-7

Belongs to Aberratiodontus according to E. Gong et al. 2004

See also Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Yanornis guozhangi, Yanornis martini

Type specimen: LHV0001a,b, a skeleton (A nearly completely articulated skeleton). Its type locality is Shangheshou, which is in an Aptian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shangheshou

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