Gretcheniao sinensis Chiappe et al. 2019 (avialan)

Reptilia - Theropoda

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

Belongs to Gretcheniao according to L. M. Chiappe et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH Ph 829, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton, largely exposed in ventral view, and contained in a single slab). Its type locality is Huludao City (Jianshangou Unit of the Yixian Formation), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Huludao City (Jianshangou Unit of the Yixian Formation)

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