Biology:Beiguornis

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Short description: Extinct genus of birds

Beiguornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 125–120 Ma[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Family: Bohaiornithidae
Genus: Beiguornis
Wang et al., 2022
Species:
B. khinganensis
Binomial name
Beiguornis khinganensis
Wang et al., 2022

Beiguornis is a genus of bohaiornithid bird from the Early Cretaceous Longjiang Formation of Inner Mongolia, China . The genus contains a single species, Beiguornis khinganensis. Beiguornis is the first and only enantiornithine bird known from the Longjiang Formation. In the phylogenetic analysis conducted by the describing authors, Beiguornis formed a monophyletic group with the bohaiornithids Sulcavis and Zhouornis.[2]

Holotype specimen of the related Zhouornis[3]

References

  1. Yu, Zhiqiang; Dong, Liping; Huyskens, Magdalena H.; Yin, Qing-Zhu; Wang, Yuan; Deng, Chenglong; He, Huaiyu (2022-03-01). "The exceptionally preserved Early Cretaceous "Moqi Fauna" from eastern Inner Mongolia, China, and its age relationship with the Jehol Biota" (in en). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 589: 110824. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110824. ISSN 0031-0182. Bibcode2022PPP...589k0824Y. 
  2. "The first enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Longjiang Formation in the Great Khingan Range of Inner Mongolia". Acta Geologica Sinica. 2022. https://global.cnki.net/kcms/detail/11.1951.P.20220118.1756.006.html. Retrieved 2022-01-21. 
  3. "New information on the anatomy of the Chinese Early Cretaceous Bohaiornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from a subadult specimen of Zhouornis hani". PeerJ 2: e407. 2014. doi:10.7717/peerj.407. PMID 24918031. 

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