Parahongshanornis
Name:
Parahongshanornis
(Near Hongshanornis).
Phonetic: Oah-rah-hong-shan-or-niss.
Named By: L. Li, J.-Q. Wang & S.-L.
Hou - 2011.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropda, Ornithuromorpha, Hongshanornithidae.
Species: P. chaoyangensis
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China, Liaoning Province -
Jiufotang Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton
preserved flat a slab with feather impressions.
Parahongshanornis is a genus of primitive bird that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. The genus is noted for its similarity to another genus called Hongshanornis, hence the name Parahongshanornis which can be translated to English as ‘near Hongshanornis’.
Further reading
- A new ornithurine bird (Hongshanornithidae) from the Jiufotang
Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. - Vertebrata
PalAsiatica 49(2):195-200. - L. Li, J.-Q. Wang
& S.-L. Hou - 2011.
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