Boluochia

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Boluochia
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Enantiornithes
Superorder: Euenantiornithes
Order: "Cathayornithiformes" (disputed)
Family: "Cathyornithidae" (disputed)
Genus: Boluochia
Zhou, 1995
Species: Boluochia zhengi

Boluochia zhengi was an enantiornithine bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous in the time span 121.6-110.6 mya[1] (late Aptian-early Albian) and is known from fossils found in the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Boluochia was first described by Zhou in 1995[2]. Some consider it a relative of Cathayornis (also known as Sinornis) and Eocathayornis, but this is not universally accepted.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Zhonghe Zhou, Paul M. Barrett & Jason Hilton. "An exceptionally preseved Lower Cretaceous ecosystem". Nature 421:807-814 (20 February 2003)
  2. ^ Zhou, 1995. "Discovery of a New Enantiornithine Bird from the Cretaceous of Liaoning, China". PalAsiatica 33(2):99-113
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