Khinganornis hulunbuirensis Wang et al. 2020 (avialan)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: X. Wang, A. Cau, M. Kundrát, L. M. Chiappe, Q. Ji, W. Wang, T. Li and W. Wu. 2020. A new advanced ornithuromorph bird from Inner Mongolia documents the northernmost geographic distribution of the Jehol paleornithofauna in China. Historical Biology

Belongs to Khinganornis according to X. Wang et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SGM-AVE-2017001, a skeleton. Its type locality is Pigeon Hill, near Taipingqiao village, which is in an Aptian terrestrial siltstone in the Longjiang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pigeon Hill, near Taipingqiao village

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