Largirostrornis
| Largirostrornis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Largirostrornis Hou, 1997 |
| Species: | †L. sexdentoris
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| Binomial name | |
| †Largirostrornis sexdentoris Hou, 1997
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Largirostrornis is a
Cathayornis yandica.[1]
Largirostrornis is known from one
People's Republic of China. The Jiufotang Formation is dated to the Early Cretaceous period, late Aptian age, 120.3 +/-0.7 million years ago.[2]
The holotype fossil is in the collection of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, China. It has been given catalog number IVPP 10531.[3]
L. sexdentornis had in 1997 a torso longer than all other known
dorsal vertebrae.[3]
Etymology
The species was named and described by Hou Lianhai in 1997.[3] The genus name comes from the Latin words largus, "large" and rostrum, "beak", and the specific name means "six-toothed" from Latin sex and dens.
References
- ^ He, H.Y., Wang, X.L., Zhou, Z.H., Wang, F., Boven, A., Shi, G.H., Zhu R.X. (2004). "Timing of the Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group) in Liaoning, northeastern China, and its implications". Geophysical Research Letters 31(13): 1709.
- ^ a b c Hou, Lianhai (1997) "Mesozoic Birds of China" Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, China. Published by the Phoenix Valley Provincial Aviary of Taiwan. In Chinese, translated by Will Downs, Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University, January, 2001.