Qiliania
Qiliania | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Genus: | †Qiliania Ji et al., 2011 |
Species: | †Q. graffini
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Binomial name | |
†Qiliania graffini Ji et al., 2011
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Qiliania (from the
Gansu Province, north-western China. It is known from two incomplete, semi-articulated and three-dimensionally preserved skeletons, which were found in the Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin. It was first named by Shu-An Ji, Jessie Atterholt, Jingmai O'Connor, Matthew Lamanna, Jerry Harrs, Li Da-Qing, You Hai-Lu and Peter Dodson in 2011 and the type species is Qiliania graffini.[1] The species was named for Greg Graffin, a paleontologist and member of the punk rock group Bad Religion, at the suggestion of coauthor Jingmai O'Connor, a longtime fan of the band.[2]
References
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- ^ O'Connor, J.K. (6 January 2011). "Bad Religion, Good Paleontology". Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings weblog. Retrieved 7 June 2011.