Longchengornis

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Longchengornis
Temporal range:
Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: †Enantiornithes
Genus: †Longchengornis
Hou, 1997
Species:
†L. sanyanensis
Binomial name
†Longchengornis sanyanensis
Hou, 1997

Longchengornis is a

Cathayornis yandica.[1]

Discovery and etymology

The type species Longchengornis sanyanensis was named and described in 1997 by Hou Lianhai. The generic name Longchengornis combines the older name of Chaoyang, Longcheng or "Dragon City", with a Greek ornis, "bird". The specific name refers to the Sanyan, the "Three Yan" as the discovery was made on the former territory of the three Yan kingdoms: the Former Yan, the Later Yan and the Northern Yan.[2]

Description

Longchengornis sanyanensis is known from a single, partially articulated fossil skeleton and partial skull. Holotype IVPP V10530 indicates an animal with a length of 11 cm (4.3 in), hip height of 7.5 cm (3.0 in), and weight of 20 g (0.71 oz).[3] Longchengornis is characterized by a wide humerus (upper arm bone) expanded at the shoulder joint, where there was a unique circular depression in the deltopectoral crest. The species had long, slender legs with large, hooked claws. The upper arm was slightly shorter than the lower arm, and the hand retained at least two claws.[2]

References

  1. doi:10.1007/s11430-010-4094-9 [1] Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Hou, Lianhou (1997). Mesozoic Birds of China (PDF). Phoenix Valley Provincial Aviary of Taiwan.
  3. ISBN 9780691190594. Retrieved 29 August 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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