Order
Valid Extinct

Jeholornithiformes

Zhou and Zhang 2006

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Jeholornithiformes
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Jeholornis prima skeleton (IVPP V13350) on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. © Morosaurus millenii · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Avialae Unranked clade
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Jeholornithiformes Order
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Jiufotang
2
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2006. Mesozoic birds of China—a synoptic review. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 44(1):60-98 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
J. Wang, X. Wang, and B. Guo, A. Kang, F. Ma, S. Ju. 2021. A new jeholornithiform identified from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning. Geological Bulletin of China 40(9):1419-1427 DOI ↗
X. Wang, J.-D. Huang, and M. Kundrát, A. Cau, X.-Y. Liu, Y. Wang, S.-B. Jua. 2020. A new jeholornithiform exhibits the earliest appearance of the fused sternum and pelvis in the evolution of avialan dinosaurs. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 199:104401 DOI ↗