Khinganornis

Extinct genus of dinosaurs

Khinganornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
121.23 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Euornithes
Clade: Ornithuromorpha
Genus: Khinganornis
Wang et al., 2020
Species:
K. hulunbuirensis
Binomial name
Khinganornis hulunbuirensis
Wang et al., 2020

Khinganornis (after the Greater Khingan mountain range) is a genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Longjiang Formation of Liaoning, China. The genus contains a single species, Khinganornis hulunbuirensis, known from a nearly complete fossil preserved on a slab and counter slab. The holotype most likely represents an adult individual.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wang, Xuri; Cau, Andrea; Kundrát, Martin; Chiappe, Luis M.; Ji, Qiang; Wang, Yang; Li, Tao; Wu, Wenhao (2020-02-28). "A new advanced ornithuromorph bird from Inner Mongolia documents the northernmost geographic distribution of the Jehol paleornithofauna in China". Historical Biology. 33 (9): 1705–1717. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1731805. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 213971956.
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Khinganornis
Khinganornis hulunbuirensis


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