Jiuquanornis

Jiuquanornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Clade: Ornithuromorpha
Genus: Jiuquanornis
Wang et al., 2013
Type species
Jiuquanornis niui
Wang et al., 2013

Jiuquanornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of Changma Basin, Gansu Province of northwestern China. Jiuquanornis was first named by Ya-Ming Wang, Jingmai K. O'Connor, Da-Qing Li and Hai-Lu You in 2013 and the type species is Jiuquanornis niui.[1]

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