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Jiuquanornis, the Glossary

Jiuquanornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of Changma Basin, Gansu Province of northwestern China.^[1]

10 relations: Basal (phylogenetics), China, Dinosaur, Early Cretaceous, Euornithes, Extinction, Gansu, Genus, Type species, Xiagou Formation.
Paleontology in Gansu

Basal (phylogenetics)

In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.

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China

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

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Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.

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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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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.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Gansu

Gansu is an inland province in Northwestern China.

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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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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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