Shengjingornis yangi Li et al. 2012 (avialan)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Longipterygidae

Full reference: L. Li, J. Wang, X. Zhang and S. Hou. 2012. A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in Jinzhou area, western Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 5:1039-1044

Belongs to Shengjingornis according to L. Li et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PMOL AB00179, a skeleton. Its type locality is Toudaoyingzi, Jianchang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Toudaoyingzi, Jianchang

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