Zhouornis is an extinct genus of enantiornithine dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group (Aptian stage) of western Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Zhouornis was first named by Zihui Zhang, Luis M. Chiappe, Gang Han and Anusuya Chinsamy in 2013 and the type species is Zhouornis hani.[1]
| Zhouornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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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 |
| Family: | †Bohaiornithidae |
| Genus: | †Zhouornis Zhang et al., 2013 |
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| †Zhouornis hani Zhang et al., 2013
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References
edit- ^ Zhang, Z.; Chiappe, L. M.; Han, G.; Chinsamy, A. (2013). "A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: New information on the skull of enantiornithines". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (5): 1176. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.762708. S2CID 84677039.
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