Yuanchuavis

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Yuanchuavis
Temporal range:
Ma
Life reconstruction of Yuanchuavis kompsosoura.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Family: Pengornithidae
Genus: Yuanchuavis
Wang et al., 2021
Species:
Y. kompsosoura
Binomial name
Yuanchuavis kompsosoura
Wang et al., 2021

Yuanchuavis (meaning "

Melanosomes sampled from the holotype suggest the central pair of rectrices to be dark in colour, and the rest of the tail feathers to be either grey or with non-iridescent structural colour.[1]

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