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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 | |
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