Yandangornis longicaudus Cai and Zhao 1999 (bird)

Aves - Yandangithiformes - Yandangithidae

Full reference: Z. Cai and L. Zhao. 1999. [A long-tailed bird from the Late Cretaceous of Zhejiang]. Science in China (Scientia Sinica), Series D 42(4):434-441

Belongs to Yandangornis according to Z. Cai and L. Zhao 1999

See also Xing et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: M1326, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Aolicun, Yandang Mountain, which is in a Campanian lacustrine tuff in the Tangshang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Aolicun, Yandang Mountain

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