Ignotornis yangi Kim et al. 2006 (bird)

Aves - Ignotornidae

Full reference: J. Y. Kim, S. H. Kim, K. S. Kim and M. G. Lockley. 2006. The oldest record of webbed bird and pterosaur tracks from South Korea (Cretaceous Haman Formation, Changseon and Sinsu Islands): more evidence of high avian diversity in East Asia. Cretaceous Research 27:56-69

Belongs to Ignotornis according to L. G. Buckley et al. 2016

See also Kim et al. 2006, Kim et al. 2008, Kim et al. 2012, Kim et al. 2012, Kim et al. 2017, Xing et al. 2011 and Xing et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Ignotornis gajinensis, Ignotornis mcconnelli

Type specimen: KNUE 040417. Its type locality is Gain-ri tracksite, Changseon Island, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Haman Formation of South Korea.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gain-ri tracksite, Changseon Island

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