Pengornis houi Zhou et al. 2008 (bird)

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

Belongs to Pengornis according to X. Wang et al. 2014

See also Zhou et al. 2008 and Zhou et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V15336, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton preserved in partial articulation). Its type locality is Dapingfang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dapingfang

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