PaleoDB taxon number: 137352
Full reference: Z.-h. Zhou, F. Jin, and J.-y. Zhang. 1992. [Preliminary report on a Mesozoic bird from Liaoning, China]. Kexue Tongbao 1992(5):435-437
Parent taxon: Enantiornithes according to M. Wang et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Aberratiodontuidae, Alexornithiformes, Avisauridae, Bohaiornithidae, Boluochiformes, 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, Noguerornis, Otogornis, Paraprotopteryx, Parvavis, Pengornithidae, Piscivorenantiornis, Protopterygiformes, Protopteryx, Pterygornis, Qiliania, Sinornis, Vescornis, Xiangornis, Yuanjiawaornis, Yungavolucris
Subtaxa: Cathayornis yandica
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore