†Jinguofortis Wang et al. 2018 (bird)
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Aves - Pygostylia - Jinguofortisidae
Full reference: M. Wang, T. A. Stidham, and Z. Zhou. 2018. A new clade of basal Early Cretaceous pygostylian birds and developmental plasticity of the avian shoulder girdle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(42):10708-10713
Parent taxon: Jinguofortisidae according to M. Wang et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Chongmingia, Cratonavis
Subtaxa: Jinguofortis perplexus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Shixia Village (Cretaceous of China)
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