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Taxonomy
Zhongjianornis yangi was named by Zhou et al. (2010). Its type specimen is IVPP V15900, a skeleton (a nearly complete articulated skeleton with some poorly preserved feather imprints), and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Jianchang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China. It is the type species of Zhongjianornis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Zhongjianornis yangi Li et al. p. 88 |
| 2010 | Zhongjianornis yangi Zhou et al. p. 219 |
| 2013 | Zhongjianornis yangi Zhou et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Zhongjianornis yangi Zhou et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Z. Zhou et al. 2010 | A pigeon-sized bird (table 1), distinguished from other early birds by possessing the following combination of features: toothless, snout pointed, humerus with a large and robust deltopectoral crest that is as wide as the humeral shaft and more than one-third the total length of the humerus, wing unguals small and slightly curved, metatarsal IV longer than II and III. |
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||