Name: Rapaxavis.
Phonetic: Rah-paks-a-viss.
Named By: E. M. Morschhauser, D. J.
Varricchio, C. Gao, J. Liu, Z. Wang, X. Cheng
& Q. Meng - 2009.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Enantiornithes, Longipterygidae.
Species: R. pani (type).
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China, Liaoning Province -
Jiufotang Formation.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Almost complete specimen
preserved on a slab.
Rapaxavis is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous bird Rapaxavis pani,
a new
species from Liaoning Province, China. - Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 29(2):545-554. - E. M. Morschhauser, D.
J. Varricchio, C. Gao, J. Liu, Z. Wang, X. Cheng
& Q. Meng - 2009.
- Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird Rapaxavis
pani.
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3): 463–475. - J. K. O. Connor, L.
M. Chiappe, C. Gao & B. Zhao - 2011.