Yuornis

Name: Yuornis ‭(‬Henan bird‭)‬.
Phonetic: Yu-or-niss.
Named By: Li Xu,‭ ‬Eric Buffetaut,‭ ‬Jingmai O’Connor,‭ ‬Xingliao Zhang,‭ ‬Songhai Jia,‭ ‬Jiming Zhang,‭ ‬Huali Chang‭ & ‬Haiyan Tong‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Avialae,‭ ‬Enantiornithes.
Species: Y.‭ ‬junchangi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Henan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Qiupa Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of‭ ‬the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains including skull and wing bones

       Yuornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in China during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬The skull of Yuornis is noted for being completely toothless.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new,‭ ‬remarkably preserved,‭ ‬enantiornithine bird from the Upper Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Henan‭ (‬central China‭) ‬and convergent evolution between enantiornithines and modern birds.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Geological Magazine.‭ ‬158‭ (‬11‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Li Xu,‭ ‬Eric Buffetaut,‭ ‬Jingmai O’Connor,‭ ‬Xingliao Zhang,‭ ‬Songhai Jia,‭ ‬Jiming Zhang,‭ ‬Huali Chang‭ & ‬Haiyan Tong‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.



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