Yuornis

Yu-or-niss.
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Name

Yuornis ‭(‬Henan bird‭)‬.

Phonetic

Yu-or-niss.

Named By

Li Xu,‭ ‬Eric Buffetaut,‭ ‬Jingmai O’Connor,‭ ‬Xingliao Zhang,‭ ‬Songhai Jia,‭ ‬Jiming Zhang,‭ ‬Huali Chang‭ & ‬Haiyan Tong‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Avialae,‭ ‬Enantiornithes.

Diet

Uncertain.

Species

Y.‭ ‬junchangi‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Henan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Qiupa Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of‭ ‬the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial remains including skull and wing bones

In Depth

       Yuornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in China during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬The skull of Yuornis is noted for being completely toothless.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A new,‭ ‬remarkably preserved,‭ ‬enantiornithine bird from the Upper Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Henan‭ (‬central China‭) ‬and convergent evolution between enantiornithines and modern birds.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Geological Magazine.‭ ‬158‭ (‬11‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Li Xu,‭ ‬Eric Buffetaut,‭ ‬Jingmai O’Connor,‭ ‬Xingliao Zhang,‭ ‬Songhai Jia,‭ ‬Jiming Zhang,‭ ‬Huali Chang‭ & ‬Haiyan Tong‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

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