 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(August 2021) |
| Similiyanornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Aptian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | Ornithuromorpha |
| Family: | † Yanornithidae |
| Genus: | † Similiyanornis Wang et al., 2020 |
| Species: | †S. brevipectus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Similiyanornis brevipectus Wang et al., 2020 | |
Similiyanornis (meaning "similar to Yanornis ") is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Similiyanornis brevipectus, known from a complete skeleton with feathers. [1]
