- Yandangornis
Taxobox
name = "Yandangornis"
status = fossil
fossil_range =Late Cretaceous
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Sauropsid a
superordo =Dinosauria
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Theropoda
infraordo =Coelurosauria
unranked_familia =Maniraptora
genus = "Yandangornis"
binomial = "Yandangornis longicaudus"
binomial_authority = Cai and Zhou "et al.",1999 "Yandangornis" was a
theropod , possibly abird , from theLate Cretaceous . It lived 85-74 million years ago. Thetype species , "Y. longicaudus", was formally described by Cai and Zhou in1999 . The fossils were discovered in1986 , and form most of one complete skeleton. These remains show an animal more derived than, but similar to, "Archaeopteryx ".External links
* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2001Jan/msg00565.html "Yandangornis" on the Dinosaur Mailing List]
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