Songlingornithidae

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Songlingornithids
Temporal range:
Ma
↓
Holotype of
Yixianornis grabaui, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: †Yanornithiformes
Family: †Songlingornithidae
Hou, 1997
Type species
†
Songlingornis linghensis

Hou, 1997
Genera
Synonyms
  • Yanornithidae? Zhou & Zhang, 2001
  • Aberratiodontuidae? Gong, Hou & Wang, 2004
  • Yixianornithidae? Zhang & Zhou, 2006

Songlingornithidae is a

euornithean dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of China. All known specimens come from the Jiufotang Formation and the Yixian Formation, dating to the early Barremian and Aptian
ages, 125–120 million years ago.

The family Songlingornithidae was first named by Hou in 1997 to contain the type genus, Songlingornis.[1] Clarke et al. (2006) was the first to find a close relationship between Songlingornis and the "yanornithids".[2]

The name was originally coined to reflect a close relationship between the two supposedly similar (but poorly preserved) genera Songlingornis and

hongshanornithids in this group.[3][4] At least one study has found the Late Cretaceous Mongolian avialan Hollanda to be a member of the group as well.[5]

Phylogeny

Below is a

ornithuromorphs:[6]

Ornithuromorpha

A 2020 study by Wang et al. failed to recover a monophyletic Songlingornithidae, instead finding Yanornis to form a clade with the newly described genera Abitusavis and Similiyanornis, for which the name Yanornithidae was used:[7]

Ornithuromorpha

References

  1. ^ Hou, (1997). Mesozoic Birds of China. Taiwan Provincial Feng Huang Ku Bird Park. Taiwan: Nan Tou. 228 pp.
  2. ^ Clarke, Zhou and Zhang, (2006). "Insight into the evolution of avian flight from a new clade of Early Cretaceous ornithurines from China and the morphology of Yixianornis grabaui." Journal of Anatomy, 208: 287-308.
  3. ^
    doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.690455
  4. doi:10.1080/08912963.2013.819504
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  5. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.719176
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  6. doi:10.1007/s10336-017-1451-x
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  7. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1836050
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