†Avimaia schweitzerae Bailleul et al. 2019 (avialan)
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Full reference: A. M. Bailleul, J. O'Connor, S. Zhang, Z. Li, Q. Wang, M. C. Lamanna, X. Zhu and Z. Zhou. 2019. An Early Cretaceous enantiornithine (Aves) preserving an unlaid egg and probable medullary bone. Nature Communications 10(1):1275:1-10
Belongs to Avimaia according to A. M. Bailleul et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V25371, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Changma, Yumen, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone/shale in the Xiagou Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Changma, Yumen
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