Gretcheniao

Gretcheniao; Temporal range: Barremian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Avialae
Clade:	† Enantiornithes
Genus:	† Gretcheniao
Species:	†G. sinensis
Binomial name
	†Gretcheniao sinensis; Chiappe et. al., 2019

Last updated September 17, 2025

Gretcheniao is an extinct genus of enantiornithean that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch.

Distribution

Gretcheniao sinensis is known from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning.^[1]

References

↑ Chiappe, Luis María; Qingjin, Meng; Serrano, Francisco; Sigurdsen, Trond; Min, Wang; Bell, Alyssa; Di, Liu (25 October 2019). "New Bohaiornis-like bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: enantiornithine interrelationships and flight performance". PeerJ . 7 e7846. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7846 . ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6816414 . PMID 31667014 . Retrieved 16 February 2025.

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[1] Chiappe, Luis María; Qingjin, Meng; Serrano, Francisco; Sigurdsen, Trond; Min, Wang; Bell, Alyssa; Di, Liu (25 October 2019). "New Bohaiornis-like bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: enantiornithine interrelationships and flight performance". PeerJ . 7 e7846. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7846 . ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6816414 . PMID 31667014 . Retrieved 16 February 2025.

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