Orienantius ritteri Liu et al. 2019 (avialan)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: D. Liu, L. M. Chiappe, Y.-G. Zhang, F. J. Serrano, and Q.-J. Meng. 2019. Soft tissue preservation in two new enantiornithine specimens (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of Hebei Province, China. Cretaceous Research 95:191-207

Belongs to Orienantius according to D. Liu et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNHC Ph 1156a/b, a skeleton (A nearly complete and articulated skeleton preserved in two slabs (a/b) and surrounded by abundant feather impressions). Its type locality is Cruralispennia-type locality, which is in a Hauterivian terrestrial horizon in the Huajiying Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cruralispennia-type locality

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