A new species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China suggests a specialized scansorial habitat previously unknown in early birds

H. Hu, J. K. O'Connor, and Z. Zhou

2015

Article

Plos One 10(6):e0126791

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126791

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Parapengornis
• Parapengornis eurycaudatus

Taxonomy:

• Parapengornis belongs to Pengornithidae - Hu et al. (2015)
• Parapengornis eurycaudatus belongs to Parapengornis - Hu et al. (2015)
• Eopengornis belongs to Pengornithidae - Hu et al. (2015)
• Pengornis belongs to Pengornithidae - Hu et al. (2015)
• Pengornithidae belongs to Enantiornithes - Hu et al. (2015)