Xinghaiornis_lini

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Xinghaiornis

Extinct genus of dinosaurs

Xinghaiornis is an extinct genus of toothless basal ornithothoracine dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Aptian stage) of western Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Xinghaiornis was first named by Xuri Wang, Luis M. Chiappe, Fangfang Teng and Qiang Ji in 2013 and the type species is Xinghaiornis lini.[1] Xinghaiornis was prepared by Maureen Walsh at the Dalian Museum of Prehistory, Dalian, China.

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References

  1. [1]
    Xuri Wang; Luis M. Chiappe; Fangfang Teng & Qiang Ji (2013). "Xinghaiornis lini (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning: An Example of Evolutionary Mosaic in Early Birds". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 87 (3): 686–689. Bibcode:2013AcGlS..87..686W. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12080. S2CID 84484606.
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