Synonym: Shenshiornis Hu et al. 2010
Full reference: Z. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2002. Largest bird from the Early Cretaceous and its implications for the earliest avian ecological diversification. Naturwissenschaften 89(1):34-38
Parent taxon: Pygostylia according to M. Wang et al. 2015
See also Gao et al. 2012, Godefroit et al. 2013, Hu et al. 2010, Kurochkin et al. 2013, Lefevre et al. 2014, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor and Sullivan 2014, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, Wang and Liu 2015, Wang et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2014, Zhang et al. 2014, Zhou and Wang 2010, Zhou and Zhang 2002 and Zhou and Zhang 2006
Sister taxa: Confuciusornithiformes, Jinguofortisidae, Ornithothoraces, Sapeornithiformes
Subtaxa: Sapeornis chaoyangensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
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