Yuanchuavis

Name: Yuanchuavis ‭(‬Yuanchu bird‭)‬.
Phonetic: Yu-an-chu-a-viss.
Named By: Min Wang,‭ ‬Jingmai K.O’Connor,‭ ‬Tao Zhao,‭ ‬Yanhong Pan,‭ ‬Xiaoting Zheng,‭ ‬Xiaoli Wang‭ & ‬Zhonghe Zhou‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Avialae,‭ ‬Enantiornithes,‭ ‬Pengornithidae.
Species: Y.‭ ‬kompsosoura‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Jiufotang Formation.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Almost complete individual preserved on a slab.

       Yuanchuavis is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬Yuanchuavis‭ ‬is confirmed to have had two elongated retrices‭ (‬flight feathers‭) ‬in the tail.‭ ‬Melanosome sampling of the holotype fossil suggests that the elongated‭ ‬retrices would have been black in life,‭ ‬while the remaining tail feathers either iridescent or dark grey

Further reading
-‭ ‬An Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with a pintail.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Current Biology.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Min Wang,‭ ‬Jingmai K.O’Connor,‭ ‬Tao Zhao,‭ ‬Yanhong Pan,‭ ‬Xiaoting Zheng,‭ ‬Xiaoli Wang‭ & ‬Zhonghe Zhou‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.



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