Full reference: D. Hu, Y. Liu, J. Li, X. Xu, and L. Hou. 2015. Yuanjiawaornis viriosus, gen. et sp. nov., a large enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 55:210-219
Belongs to Yuanjiawaornis according to D. Hu et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PMOL AB00032, a skeleton (a nearly complete and mostly articulated postcranial skeleton, missing the skull, cervical and cranial thoracic vertebrae, and most of the manual and pedal digi). Its type locality is Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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