PaleoDB taxon number: 153858
Full reference: J. Li, Z. Li, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhou, Z. Bai, L. Zhang, and T. Ba. 2008. A new species of Cathayornis from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China and its stratigraphic significance. Acta Geologica Sinica 82(6):1115-1123
Belongs to Enantiornithes according to M. Wang and D. Liu 2015
Sister taxa: Aberratiodontuidae, Alexornithiformes, Avisauridae, Bohaiornithidae, Boluochiformes, Cathayornis, Cathayornis aberransis, Cathayornithiformes, Concornis, Cruralispennia, Dunhuangia, Elektorornis, Elsornis, Enantiornithiformes, Eoalulavis, Eocathayornis, Eoenantiornis, Eoenantiornithiformes, Euenantiornithes, Euornithiformes, Evgenavis, Feitianius, Flexomornis, Fortunguavis, Gobipipus, Gobipteryx, 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
Type specimen: BMNHC-Ph000110a, b, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Otog Sumu (bed 8), which is in a Cretaceous fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Jingchuan Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore