Beiguornis

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]

Beiguornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Scientific classification edit
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

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". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 589: 110824. Bibcode:2022PPP...589k0824Y. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110824. ISSN 0031-0182.
  2. Wang X, Ju S, Wu W, Liu Y, Guo Z, Ji Q (2022). "The first enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Longjiang Formation in the Great Khingan Range of Inner Mongolia". Acta Geologica Sinica.
  3. Zhang Z, O'Connor J, Di L, Qingjin M, Sigurdsen T, Chiappe L (2014). "New information on the anatomy of the Chinese Early Cretaceous Bohaiornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from a subadult specimen of Zhouornis hani". PeerJ. 2: e407. doi:10.7717/peerj.407. PMC 4045331. PMID 24918031.
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