Full reference: L. M. Chiappe, Q.-J. Meng, F. Serrano, T. Sigurdsen, M. Wang, A. Bell, and D. Liu. 2019. New Bohaiornis-like bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: enantiornithine interrelationships and flight performance. PeerJ 7:e7846
Parent taxon: Enantiornithes according to L. M. Chiappe et al. 2019
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, Fortipesavis, Fortunguavis, Gobipipus, Gobipteryx, Holbotia, Houornis, Huoshanornis, Iberomesornis, Junornis, Lectavis, Linyiornis, Longipterygidae, Longipterygiformes, Longirostravisiformes, Microenantiornis, Mirusavis, Monoenantiornis, Musivavis, Navaornis, Noguerornis, Orienantius, Otogornis, Paraprotopteryx, Parvavis, Pengornithidae, Piscivorenantiornis, Protopterygiformes, Protopteryx, Pterygornis, Qiliania, Shangyang, Sinornis, Vescornis, Xiangornis, Yatenavis, Yuanjiawaornis, Yungavolucris, Yuornis
Subtaxa: Gretcheniao sinensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Huludao City (Jianshangou Unit of the Yixian Formation) (Cretaceous of China)
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