Reptilia - Theropoda - Pengornithidae
Full reference: Z. Zhou, J. Clarke, and F. Zhang. 2008. Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird. Journal of Anatomy 212(5):565-577
Parent taxon: Pengornithidae according to H. Hu et al. 2015
See also Han et al. 2014, Lefevre et al. 2014, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, Wang and Liu 2015, Wang et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2015, Wang et al. 2014, Zhang et al. 2014, Zhou et al. 2008 and Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxa: Chiappeavis, Eopengornis, Parapengornis, Yuanchuavis
Subtaxa: Pengornis houi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Dapingfang (Cretaceous of China)
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