Yanornis
Yanornis () is an extinct genus of fish-eating Early Cretaceous birds. Two species have been described, both from Liaoning province, China: Yanornis martini, based on several fossils found in the 120-million-year-old Jiufotang Formation at Chaoyang, and Yanornis guozhangi, from the 124-million-year-old Yixian Formation.
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- Yanornis STM9-52.jpg
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- taxon name
- Yanornis martini
- Commons category
- Yanornis
- start time
- 125000000-
- end time
- 120000000-
- short name
- Y. martini
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Yanornis é um gênero extinto de aves do Cretáceo Inferior, e provavelmente possuía uma estreita relação com o ancestral comum de todas as aves modernas. Atualmente é conhecida uma espécie, Yanornis martini.
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