| Huoshanornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Huoshanornis Wang et al., 2010 |
| Species: | †H. huji |
| Binomial name | |
| †Huoshanornis huji Wang et al., 2010 | |
Huoshanornis is a genus of enantiornithine birds which existed in what is now Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning Province, China during the early Cretaceous period. Its fossil remains were found at Chaoyang City. It was first named by Xia Wang, Zihui Zhang, Chunling Gao, Lianhai Hou, Qingjin Meng and Jinyuan Liu in 2010 and the type species is Huoshanornis huji.
References
- ^ Xia Wang; Zihui Zhang; Chunling Gao; Lianhai Hou; Qingjin Meng; Jinyuan Liu (2010). "A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China". The Condor. 112 (3): 432–437. doi:10.1525/cond.2010.090248. S2CID 83803657.
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