Aves - Pygostylia - Jinguofortisidae

Full reference: Z. Li, M. Wang, T. AStidham and Z. Zhou. 2023. Decoupling the skull and skeleton in a Cretaceous bird with unique appendicular morphologies. Nature Ecology and Evolution 7:20-31

Parent taxon: Jinguofortisidae according to Z. Li et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Chongmingia, Jinguofortis

Subtaxa: Cratonavis zhui

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiao-tai-zi, La-ma-dong, Jianchang (Cretaceous of China)

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