PaleoDB taxon number: 119300
Full reference: F. Zhang, P. G. P. Ericson, and Z. Zhou. 2004. Description of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, northern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41(9):1097-1107
Parent taxon: Enantiornithes according to M. Wang et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Aberratiodontuidae, Alexornithiformes, Bohaiornithidae, Boluochiformes, Cathayornis, Cathayornis aberransis, Cathayornis chabuensis, Cathayornithiformes, Concornis, Cruralispennia, Dunhuangia, Elsornis, Enantiornithiformes, Eoalulavis, Eocathayornis, Eoenantiornis, Eoenantiornithiformes, Euenantiornithes, Euornithiformes, Evgenavis, Feitianius, Flexomornis, Fortunguavis, Gobipipus, Gobipteryx, Gurilynia, Holbotia, Houornis, Huoshanornis, Iberomesornis, Lectavis, Linyiornis, Longipterygidae, Longipterygiformes, Longirostravisiformes, Monoenantiornis, Neuquenornis, Noguerornis, Otogornis, Paraprotopteryx, Parvavis, Pengornithidae, Piscivorenantiornis, Protopterygiformes, Protopteryx, Pterygornis, Qiliania, Sinornis, Xiangornis, Yuanjiawaornis, Yungavolucris
Subtaxa: Vescornis hebeiensis
Type: Vescornis hebeiensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore