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.