Imparavis, the Glossary
Imparavis (meaning "odd bird") is an extinct genus of enantiornithine birds from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-aged) Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China.[1]
Table of Contents
51 relations: Anatomical terms of location, Aptian, Bohaiornis, Cathayornis, Chiappeavis, Cladogram, Compression fossil, Concornis, Confuciusornithidae, Cretaceous Research, David Attenborough, Early Cretaceous, Elsornis, Enantiophoenix, Enantiornithes, Eoalulavis, Eocathayornis, Eoenantiornis, Euornithes, Extinction, Feitianius, Gastralia, Genus, Gobipteryx, Holotype, Iberomesornis, Jeholornis, Jianchang County, Jiufotang Formation, Joint, Latin, Liaoning, Longipteryx, Longirostravis, Monotypic taxon, Neuquenornis, Parabohaiornis, Pengornis, Phylogenetics, Qiliania, Rapaxavis, Sapeornis, Shanweiniao, Shenqiornis, Sister group, Species description, Specific name (zoology), Type (biology), Vescornis, Yuornis, ... Expand index (1 more) »
- Aptian genera
- Birds described in 2024
- Early Cretaceous birds of Asia
- Jiufotang fauna
Anatomical terms of location
Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans.
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Aptian
The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column.
Bohaiornis
Bohaiornis is a genus of enantiornithean dinosaurs.
Cathayornis
Cathayornis is a genus of enantiornithean birds from the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, People's Republic of China. Imparavis and Cathayornis are early Cretaceous birds of Asia, enantiornitheans and Jiufotang fauna.
Chiappeavis
Chiappeavis is a genus of enantiornithean bird from Early Cretaceous of northeastern China. Imparavis and Chiappeavis are early Cretaceous birds of Asia, enantiornitheans and Jiufotang fauna.
Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
Compression fossil
A compression fossil is a fossil preserved in sedimentary rock that has undergone physical compression.
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Concornis
Concornis is a genus of enantiornithean birds which lived during the early Cretaceous period, in the late Barremian age about 125 million years ago.
Confuciusornithidae
Confuciusornithidae is an extinct family of pygostylian avialans known from the Early Cretaceous, found in northern China.
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Cretaceous Research
Cretaceous Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier.
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David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is a British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer.
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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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Elsornis
Elsornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird. Imparavis and Elsornis are enantiornitheans and prehistoric bird stubs.
Enantiophoenix
Enantiophoenix is a genus of enantiornithine birds. Imparavis and Enantiophoenix are prehistoric bird stubs.
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Enantiornithes
The Enantiornithes, also known as enantiornithines or enantiornitheans in literature, are a group of extinct avialans ("birds" in the broad sense), the most abundant and diverse group known from the Mesozoic era. Imparavis and enantiornithes are enantiornitheans.
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Eoalulavis
Eoalulavis (from the Ancient Greek: ''Éōs'', "dawn"; alula, "bastard wing"; avis, "bird") is a monotypic genus of enantiornithean bird that lived during the Barremian, in the Lower Cretaceous around 125 million years ago. Imparavis and Eoalulavis are enantiornitheans.
Eocathayornis
Eocathayornis is a genus of enantiornithean birds that was probably more basal or "primitive" than related genera Sinornis and Cathayornis. Imparavis and Eocathayornis are early Cretaceous birds of Asia, enantiornitheans and prehistoric bird stubs.
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Eoenantiornis
Eoenantiornis is a genus of enantiornithean birds which lived during the early Cretaceous period (124.6 Ma ago). Imparavis and Eoenantiornis are early Cretaceous birds of Asia, enantiornitheans and prehistoric bird stubs.
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Euornithes
Euornithes (from Greek ευόρνιθες meaning "true birds") is a natural group which includes the most recent common ancestor of all avialans closer to modern birds than to Sinornis.
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
Feitianius
Feitianius is a bird genus, belonging to the Enantiornithes, that during the Early Cretaceous lived in the area of modern China. Imparavis and Feitianius are enantiornitheans.
Gastralia
Gastralia (gastralium) are dermal bones found in the ventral body wall of modern crocodilians and tuatara, and many prehistoric tetrapods.
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.
Gobipteryx
Gobipteryx (from Gobi, and Greek pteryx "wing") is a genus of prehistoric bird from the Campanian Age of the Late Cretaceous Period. Imparavis and Gobipteryx are enantiornitheans.
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.
Iberomesornis
Iberomesornis ("Iberian intermediate bird") is a monotypic genus of enantiornithine bird of the Cretaceous of Spain. Imparavis and Iberomesornis are enantiornitheans.
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Jeholornis
Jeholornis (meaning "Jehol bird") is a genus of avialan dinosaurs that lived between approximately 122 and 120 million years ago during the early Cretaceous Period in China.
Jianchang County
Jianchang is a county of Huludao City in the southwest of Liaoning province, China.
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Jiufotang Formation
The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms (see Jehol Biota).
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Joint
A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Liaoning
Liaoning is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region.
Longipteryx
Longipteryx is a genus of prehistoric bird which lived during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian stage, 120.3 million years ago). Imparavis and Longipteryx are early Cretaceous birds of Asia and Jiufotang fauna.
Longirostravis
Longirostravis is a genus of enantiornithean birds which existed during the early Cretaceous period (around 125 million years ago) and is known from fossils found in the middle or upper Yixian Formation in Yixian County, People's Republic of China. Imparavis and Longirostravis are early Cretaceous birds of Asia.
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Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
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Neuquenornis
Neuquenornis volansChiappe, Luis M.,Calvo, Jorge O. (1994) "Neuquenornis volans, a New Late Cretaceous Bird (Enantiornithes: Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina""Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology" Vol. Imparavis and Neuquenornis are prehistoric bird stubs.
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Parabohaiornis
Parabohaiornis is an extinct genus of bohaiornithid enantiornithean dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Imparavis and Parabohaiornis are Jiufotang fauna.
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Pengornis
Pengornis is the largest known enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of northeast China. Imparavis and Pengornis are early Cretaceous birds of Asia and enantiornitheans.
Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.
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Qiliania
Qiliania (from the Xiongnu qilian, "heaven") is an extinct genus of early bird from the lower Cretaceous (Aptian stage) about 120 million years ago. Imparavis and Qiliania are early Cretaceous birds of Asia, enantiornitheans and prehistoric bird stubs.
Rapaxavis
Rapaxavis a genus of enantiornithine bird. Imparavis and Rapaxavis are early Cretaceous birds of Asia, Jiufotang fauna and prehistoric bird stubs.
Sapeornis
Sapeornis is a monotypic genus of avialan dinosaurs which lived during the early Cretaceous period (late Barremian to early Aptian, roughly 125-120 mya).
Shanweiniao
Shanweiniao is a genus of long-snouted enantiornithean birds from Early Cretaceous China. Imparavis and Shanweiniao are early Cretaceous birds of Asia.
Shenqiornis
Shenqiornis is a genus of enantiornithean dinosaurs.
Sister group
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
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Species description
A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.
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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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Type (biology)
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.
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Vescornis
Vescornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird. Imparavis and Vescornis are early Cretaceous birds of Asia and enantiornitheans.
Yuornis
Yuornis (meaning "Henan bird", after the one Chinese character abbreviation of Henan) is an extinct genus of enantiornithine bird known from the Late Cretaceous of Henan, China. Imparavis and Yuornis are enantiornitheans.
2024 in archosaur paleontology
This article records new taxa of every kind of fossil archosaur that are scheduled to be described during 2024, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to the paleontology of archosaurs that will be published in 2024.
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See also
Aptian genera
- Abelodon
- Araripelepidotes
- Araripenymphes
- Archaeoniscus
- Arganodus
- Avenaphora
- Belonostomus
- Brachyphyllum
- Brannerion
- Calamopleurus
- Carpopenaeus
- Chardonius
- Chongmingia
- Cratonavis
- Crossognathus
- Cryptobicuspidon
- Cyrtopora
- Fukuipteryx
- Fukuiraptor
- Gobiconodon
- Grabauornis
- Guidraco
- Harpagodes
- Hedbergella
- Hypophylloceras
- Ichthyovenator
- Imparavis
- Inoceramus
- Kaririavis
- Koolasuchus
- Koonwarria
- Lytoceras
- Macropenaeus
- Malawisaurus
- Malawisuchus
- Mengciusornis
- Mesoparapylocheles
- Minmi paravertebra
- Neimengornis
- Neopholidophoropsis
- Pachypteris
- Phylloceras
- Plagiostoma (bivalve)
- Platypterygius
- Pseudocenoceras
- Riojavenatrix
- Sinotyrannus
- Vectaerovenator
- Williamsonia (plant)
Birds described in 2024
Early Cretaceous birds of Asia
- "Proornis"
- Archaeornithura
- Avimaia
- Boluochia
- Camptodontornis
- Cathayornis
- Changchengornis
- Chiappeavis
- Confuciusornis
- Cuspirostrisornis
- Dalingheornis
- Dapingfangornis
- Dunhuangia
- Eocathayornis
- Eoconfuciusornis
- Eoenantiornis
- Gracilornis
- Hongshanornis
- Hongshanornithidae
- Houornis
- Huoshanornis
- Imparavis
- Jibeinia
- Largirostrornis
- Liaoningornis
- Liaoxiornis
- Longchengornis
- Longicrusavis
- Longipterygids
- Longipteryx
- Longirostravis
- Mystiornis
- Parahongshanornis
- Parapengornis
- Paraprotopteryx
- Pengornis
- Pengornithidae
- Protopteryx
- Qiliania
- Rapaxavis
- Shanweiniao
- Shengjingornis
- Sinornis
- Tianyuornis
- Vescornis
- Xiangornis
- Yuanchuavis
- Yuanjiawaornis
Jiufotang fauna
- Boluochia
- Cathayornis
- Chaoyangopterus
- Chiappeavis
- Chongmingia
- Chuanqilong
- Cokotherium
- Confuciusornis
- Cratonavis
- Cuspirostrisornis
- Fossiomanus
- Gracilornis
- Guidraco
- Huaxiadraco
- Imparavis
- Jianchangornis
- Jinanichthys
- Jixiangornis
- Juehuaornis
- Kompsornis
- Liaoconodon
- Liaoningopterus
- Liaoxipterus
- Liaoxisaurus
- Longipteryx
- Longusunguis
- Mengciusornis
- Microraptor
- Neimengornis
- Nemicolopterus
- Omnivoropteryx
- Parabohaiornis
- Philydrosaurus
- Rapaxavis
- Schizooura
- Schizoouridae
- Shenzhoupterus
- Similicaudipteryx
- Similiyanornis
- Sinopterus
- Sinotyrannus
- Songlingornis
- Wulong bohaiensis
- Xiangornis
- Yanornis
- Yixianornis
- Zhongjianornis
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imparavis
Also known as Imparavis attenboroughi.