Shenqiornis

Shenqiornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 122 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Clade: Enantiornithes
Family: Bohaiornithidae
Genus: Shenqiornis
Wang et al., 2010
Species:  S. mengi
Binomial name
Shenqiornis mengi
Wang et al., 2010

Shenqiornis is a genus of enantiornithine ("opposite bird").[1] It was found in the Qiaotou member of the Huajiying Formation of Hebei Province, China, and is therefore of uncertain age. The Qiaotou Member may correlate with the more well-known Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, and so probably dates to around 122 Ma ago.[2]

References

  1. Wang, X. et al. (2010) New species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China. Acta Geologica Sinica, 84(2):247-256.
  2. Jin, F., Zhang, F.C., Li, Z.H., Zhang, J.Y., Li, C. and Zhou, Z.H. (2008). "On the horizon of Protopteryx and the early vertebrate fossil assemblages of the Jehol Biota." Chinese Science Bulletin, 53(18): 2820-2827.
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