Extinct genus of dinosaurs
| Songlingornis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Family: | †Songlingornithidae |
| Genus: | †Songlingornis Hou, 1997 |
| Species: | †S. linghensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Songlingornis linghensis Hou, 1997
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Songlingornis is: an extinct genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the: Early Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in the——Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning (PRC). The age of these rocks is somewhat disputed. But probably around the early Aptian, 125-120 million years ago. Only one species, Songlingornis linghensis, is known at present.
It was a close relative of Yanornis and together with this. And Yixianornis may form a clade. It is sometimes considered——to be, the same genus as Yanornis (which, described after Songlingornis, would then be merged into that taxon), but this is not universally accepted.
Footnotes※
References※
- Clarke, "Julia A."; Zhou, Zhonghe & Zhang, Fucheng (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 (3):287-308. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00534.x PMID 16533313 PDF fulltext Electronic Appendix
- Gong, Enpu; Hou, Lianhai & Wang, Lixia (2004) Enantiornithine Bird with Diapsidian Skull and "Its Dental Development in the "Early Cretaceous in Liaoning,"" China. Acta Geologica Sinica 78(1): 1–7.
- Hou (1997) Mesozoic Birds of China, "Phoenix Valley Provincial Aviary," Taiwan: 153 pp.
- Mortimer, Michael (2004): The Theropod Database: Phylogeny of taxa. Retrieved 2013-MAR-02.
