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Zhouornis hani
Taxonomy
Zhouornis hani was named by Zhang et al. (2013). Its type specimen is CNUVB-0903, a skeleton (an exquisitely preserved and nearly complete skeleton with remains of plumage of a subadult specimen (see Bone Tissue) embedded on a slab (Fig. 1). A cast of th), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Chaoyang County Zhouornis type locality, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Zhouornis hani Zhang et al. p. 1176 figs. 1–8, 9A, 10 |
| 2014 | Zhouornis hani Zhang et al. |
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†Zhouornis hani Zhang et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Z. Zhang et al. 2013 | Anatomically, CNUVB-0903 differs from all other enantiornithines by the following combination of characters: skull characterized by having a bifurcated caudal end of the maxillary process of the premaxilla, an oval accessory antorbital fenestra, large paraoccipital processes, and long basipterygoid processes; axis with short epipophyses; scapula with a curved blade; coracoid displaying a longitudinal dorsal trough that extends through the omal half of the bone; sternum bearing a pair of long, robust lateral processes with a triangular, mediocaudally slanting distal end, and angular craniolateral corners; and humeral head that is proximally flat. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||