Qinornis paleocenica Xue 1995 (bird)

Aves - Ornithurae

Full reference: X. Xue. 1995. Qinornis paleocenica - a Paleocene bird discovered in China. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181:89-93

Belongs to Qinornis according to X. Xue 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: XD78sh048.1-3, a set of limb elements (Left tibiotarsus, distal right tibiotarsus & right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Fangou Village, Shimen Town, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial claystone in the Fangou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fangou Village, Shimen Town

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