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Parabohaiornis, the Glossary

Parabohaiornis is an extinct genus of bohaiornithid enantiornithean dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, northeastern China.^[1]

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Bohaiornithids
Jiufotang fauna

Acromion

In human anatomy, the acromion (from Greek: akros, "highest", ōmos, "shoulder",: acromia) is a bony process on the scapula (shoulder blade).

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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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Avialae

Avialae ("bird wings") is a clade containing the only living dinosaurs, the birds, and their closest relatives.

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Beijing

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

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Bohaiornis

Bohaiornis is a genus of enantiornithean dinosaurs. Parabohaiornis and Bohaiornis are bohaiornithids and early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia.

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Bohaiornithidae is a group of early predatory enantiornithean dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous Period of China. Parabohaiornis and Bohaiornithidae are bohaiornithids and early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia.

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Boluochia

Boluochia zhengi was an enantiornithine bird. Parabohaiornis and Boluochia are Jiufotang fauna.

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The carpometacarpus is a bone found in the hands of birds.

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Cathayornis

Cathayornis is a genus of enantiornithean birds from the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, People's Republic of China. Parabohaiornis and Cathayornis are Jiufotang fauna.

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China

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

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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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.

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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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Elsornis

Elsornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird.

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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.

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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.

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Eocathayornis

Eocathayornis is a genus of enantiornithean birds that was probably more basal or "primitive" than related genera Sinornis and Cathayornis.

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Eoenantiornis

Eoenantiornis is a genus of enantiornithean birds which lived during the early Cretaceous period (124.6 Ma ago).

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Evolution of birds

The evolution of birds began in the Jurassic Period, with the earliest birds derived from a clade of theropod dinosaurs named Paraves.

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Extinction

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

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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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Gobipteryx

Gobipteryx (from Gobi, and Greek pteryx "wing") is a genus of prehistoric bird from the Campanian Age of the Late Cretaceous Period.

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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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Iberomesornis

Iberomesornis ("Iberian intermediate bird") is a monotypic genus of enantiornithine bird of the Cretaceous of Spain.

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Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

The Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of China is a research institution and collections repository for fossils, including many dinosaur and pterosaur specimens (many from the Yixian Formation).

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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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Larry Martin

Larry Dean Martin (December 8, 1943 – March 9, 2013) was an American vertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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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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Longipterygidae

Longipterygidae is a family of early enantiornithean avialans from the Early Cretaceous epoch of China. Parabohaiornis and Longipterygidae are early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia.

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Longipteryx

Longipteryx is a genus of prehistoric bird which lived during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian stage, 120.3 million years ago). Parabohaiornis and Longipteryx are Jiufotang fauna.

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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.

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Longusunguis

Longusunguis is an extinct genus of bohaiornithid enantiornithean dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Parabohaiornis and Longusunguis are bohaiornithids, early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia, fossil taxa described in 2014 and Jiufotang fauna.

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Maxilla

In vertebrates, the maxilla (maxillae) is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.

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The metatarsal bones or metatarsus (metatarsi) are a group of five long bones in the midfoot, located between the tarsal bones (which form the heel and the ankle) and the phalanges (toes).

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Million years ago

Million years ago, abbreviated as Mya, Myr (megayear) or Ma (megaannum), is a unit of time equal to (i.e. years), or approximately 31.6 teraseconds.

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Nasal bone

The nasal bones are two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals; they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face and by their junction, form the bridge of the upper one third of the nose.

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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.

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Paleontology

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Pengornis

Pengornis is the largest known enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of northeast China.

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Phalanx

The phalanx (phalanxes or phalanges) was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar polearms tightly packed together.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.

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Postcrania

Postcrania (postcranium, adjective: postcranial) in zoology and vertebrate paleontology is all or part of the skeleton apart from the skull.

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Premaxilla

The premaxilla (or praemaxilla) is one of a pair of small cranial bones at the very tip of the upper jaw of many animals, usually, but not always, bearing teeth.

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Protopteryx

Protopteryx is an extinct bird and possibly the basalmost enantiornithean, from the Cretaceous period.

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Pygostyle

Pygostyle describes a skeletal condition in which the final few caudal vertebrae are fused into a single ossification, supporting the tail feathers and musculature.

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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.

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Radius (bone)

The radius or radial bone (radii or radiuses) is one of the two large bones of the forearm, the other being the ulna.

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Rapaxavis

Rapaxavis a genus of enantiornithine bird. Parabohaiornis and Rapaxavis are Jiufotang fauna.

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Shanweiniao

Shanweiniao is a genus of long-snouted enantiornithean birds from Early Cretaceous China.

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Shenqiornis

Shenqiornis is a genus of enantiornithean dinosaurs. Parabohaiornis and Shenqiornis are bohaiornithids and early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia.

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Skeleton

A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.

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Skull

The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain.

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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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Sulcavis

Sulcavis is a genus of enantiornithean birds. Parabohaiornis and Sulcavis are bohaiornithids and early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia.

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The tarsometatarsus is a bone that is only found in the lower leg of birds and some non-avian dinosaurs.

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Tibiotarsus

The tibiotarsus is the large bone between the femur and the tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird.

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Type genus

In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.

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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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Ulna

The ulna or ulnar bone (ulnae or ulnas) is a long bone in the forearm stretching from the elbow to the wrist.

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Vescornis

Vescornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird.

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Zhouornis

Zhouornis is an extinct genus of enantiornithine dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group (Aptian stage) of western Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Parabohaiornis and Zhouornis are bohaiornithids and early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia.

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References

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

Also known as Parabohaiornis martini.

, Rapaxavis, Shanweiniao, Shenqiornis, Skeleton, Skull, Specific name (zoology), Sulcavis, Tarsometatarsus, Tibiotarsus, Type genus, Type species, Ulna, Vescornis, Zhouornis.

Parabohaiornis, the Glossary

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See also

Bohaiornithids

Jiufotang fauna

References