Yanornis guozhangi Wang et al. 2013 (bird)

Aves - Yanornithiformes - Yanornithidae

Full reference: X. R. Wang, Q. Ji, F. F. Teng and K. M. Jin. 2013. A new species of Yanornis (Aves: Ornithurae) from the Lower Cretaceous strata of Yixian, Liaoning Province. Geological bulletin of China 32(4):601-606

Belongs to Yanornis according to M. Wang et al. 2020

See also Wang et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Yanornis martini, Aberratiodontus wui

Type specimen: xhpm 1205, a skeleton. Its type locality is Jinzhou, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jinzhou

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