Aves - Enantiornithes - 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

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dapingfang (Cretaceous of China)

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