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Changchengornis, the Glossary

Changchengornis is an extinct basal pygostylian genus from the Early Cretaceous.^[1]

23 relations: American Museum of Natural History, Aptian, Barremian, Beijing, China, Confuciusornis, Confuciusornithidae, Cretaceous, Early Cretaceous, Genus, Geological Museum of China, Great Wall of China, Holotype, Humerus, Liaoning, Luis M. Chiappe, Omnivore, Pygostylia, Specific name (zoology), Tauraco, Turaco, Type species, Yixian Formation.
Confuciusornithids
Early Cretaceous birds of Asia

American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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Aptian

The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column.

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The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series).

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Confuciusornis

Confuciusornis is a genus of basal crow-sized avialan from the Early Cretaceous Period of the Yixian and Jiufotang Formations of China, dating from 125 to 120 million years ago. Changchengornis and Confuciusornis are Confuciusornithids, early Cretaceous birds of Asia and Yixian fauna.

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Confuciusornithidae

Confuciusornithidae is an extinct family of pygostylian avialans known from the Early Cretaceous, found in northern China. Changchengornis and Confuciusornithidae are Confuciusornithids.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).

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Early Cretaceous

The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Geological Museum of China

The Geological Museum of China, built in 1916, is a geological museum, boasting 200 thousand specimens.

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Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China (literally "ten thousand ''li'' long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Humerus

The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

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Liaoning

Liaoning is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region.

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Luis M. Chiappe

Luis María Chiappe (born 18 June 1962) is an Argentine paleontologist born in Buenos Aires who is best known for his discovery of the first sauropod nesting sites in the badlands of Patagonia in 1997 and for his work on the origin and early evolution of Mesozoic birds.

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Omnivore

An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.

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Pygostylia

Pygostylia is a group of avialans which includes the Confuciusornithidae and all of the more advanced species, the Ornithothoraces.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Tauraco

Tauraco is a genus of turacos.

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Turaco

The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae ("banana-eaters"), which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Yixian Formation

The Yixian Formation (formerly transcribed as Yihsien Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the late Barremian and early Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchengornis

Also known as Changchengornis hengdaoziensis.