Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus Wang and Zhou 2017 (bird)

Aves - Enantiornithes

Full reference: M. Wang and Z. Zhou. 2017. A morphological study of the first known piscivorous enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(2):e1278702:1-13

Belongs to Piscivorenantiornis according to M. Wang and Z. Zhou 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V22582, a partial skeleton. 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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