03 April 2016

Chongmingia zhengi (Xiaoting Zheng's Chongming)

Fossil Slate (Nearly complete)

       A new bird, Chongmingia zhengi, from the Jehol Biota. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Chongmingia zhengi is basal to the dominant Mesozoic avian clades Enantiornithes and Ornithuromorpha, and represents a new basal avialan lineage.

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