Gobipteryx Elzanowski 1974 (bird)

Aves - Enantiornithes

Full reference: A. Elzanowski. 1974. Preliminary note on the palaeognathous bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 29:103-109

Parent taxon: Enantiornithes according to M. Wang et al. 2015

See also Brodkorb 1978, Carroll 1988, Cau and Arduini 2008, Chatterjee 1991, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe et al. 2001, Clarke et al. 2005, Elzanowski 1974, Hope 2002, Hou et al. 1995, Kurochkin 1996, Kurochkin 2000, Kurochkin et al. 2013, Lefevre et al. 2014, Norell and Clarke 2001, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, Padian 2004, Wang and Liu 2015, Wang et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2014 and Zhang et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Aberratiodontuidae, Alexornithiformes, Avimaia, Avisauridae, Bohaiornithidae, Boluochiformes, Brevirostruavis, Castignovolucris, Cathayornis, Cathayornis aberransis, Cathayornis chabuensis, Cathayornithiformes, Concornis, Cruralispennia, Dunhuangia, Elektorornis, Elsornis, Enantiornithiformes, Eoalulavis, Eocathayornis, Eoenantiornis, Eoenantiornithiformes, Euenantiornithes, Euornithiformes, Evgenavis, Falcatakely, Feitianius, Flexomornis, Fortunguavis, Gobipipus, Gretcheniao, Holbotia, Houornis, Huoshanornis, Iberomesornis, Junornis, Lectavis, Linyiornis, Longipterygidae, Longipterygiformes, Longirostravisiformes, Microenantiornis, Mirusavis, Monoenantiornis, Musivavis, Noguerornis, Orienantius, Otogornis, Paraprotopteryx, Parvavis, Pengornithidae, Piscivorenantiornis, Protopterygiformes, Protopteryx, Pterygornis, Qiliania, Shangyang, Sinornis, Vescornis, Xiangornis, Yatenavis, Yuanjiawaornis, Yungavolucris, Yuornis

Subtaxa: Gobipteryx minuta

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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