Shandongornis
Appearance
Shandongornis | |
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Fossil specimen, Tianjin Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Subfamily: | Phasianinae |
Genus: | Shandongornis |
Shandongornis is an extinct genus of pheasants that lived during the Miocene within Shandong province, China.[1][2]
List of species
[edit]- S. shanwangensis
- S. yinanensis
References
[edit]- ^ Rich, Patricia V.; Hou, Lian H.; Ono, Keiichi; Baird, Robert F. (January 1986). "A review of the fossil birds of China, Japan and Southeast Asia". Geobios. 19 (6): 755–772. Bibcode:1986Geobi..19..755R. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(86)80106-1.
- ^ Cheneval, Jacques; Ginsburg, Léonard; Mourer-Chauvire, Cécile; Ratanasthien, Benjavun (January 1991). "The Miocene avifauna of the Li Mae Long locality, Thailand: systematics and paleoecology". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. 6 (2): 117–126. Bibcode:1991JAESc...6..117C. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(91)90103-5.