Xiangornis is an enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufofang Formation of Western Liaoning, China.[1]
| Xiangornis Temporal range: Lower 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 |
| Genus: | †Xiangornis Hu et al., 2012 |
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| †Xiangornis shenmi Hu et al., 2012
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References
- ^ Hu, D.; Xu, X.; Hou, L.; Sullivan, C. (2012). "A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China, and its implications for early avian evolution". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3): 639–645. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.652321. S2CID 85942925.
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