Two new ornithurine birds from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China

X. Zhou, and F. Zhang

2001

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Chinese Science Bulletin 46(15):1258-1264

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Chaoyangornithiformes
• Yanornis
• Yanornis martini
• Yanornithidae
• Yanornithiformes
• Yixianornis
• Yixianornis grabaui

Taxonomy:

• Yanornithiformes belongs to Ornithurae - Zhou and Zhang (2001)
• Yanornithidae belongs to Yanornithiformes - Zhou and Zhang (2001)
• Chaoyangornithiformes belongs to Ornithurae - Zhou and Zhang (2001)