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Changchengornis hengdaoziensis

Description

Changchengornis is an extinct basal pygostylian genus from the Early Cretaceous. Its remains have been found in the People's Republic of China, in Chaomidianzi Formation rocks from around the Barremian-Aptian boundary, deposited 125 million years ago. Changchengornis was a close relative of the better-known Confuciusornis. In 1999 it was assigned to the Confuciusornithidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4966876https://www.gbif.org/species/4966876
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)134755https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=134755
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Confuciusornithidae : Changchengornis : Changchengornis hengdaoziensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Confuciusornithidae : Changchengornis : Changchengornis hengdaoziensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
familyConfuciusornithidaeHou et al. 1995
genusChangchengornisJi et al. 1999
speciesChangchengornis hengdaoziensisJi et al. 1999
Generic NameChangchengornis
Scientific NameChangchengornis hengdaoziensis Ji et al., 1999
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Changchengornis hengdaoziensisspeciesbelongs to Changchengornisstated with evidenceJi et al., 1999
Changchengornis hengdaoziensisspeciesbelongs to Changchengornisstated without evidenceWang et al., 1999
Changchengornis hengdaoziensisspeciesbelongs to Changchengornisstated with evidenceChiappe, 2002
Changchengornis hengdaoziensisspeciesbelongs to Changchengornisstated without evidenceLi et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance145 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance145 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Q. Ji, L. M. Chiappe, and S.-H. Ji. 1999. A new late Mesozoic confuciusornithid bird from China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):1-7
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchengornis_hengdaoziensis

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1999Changchengornis hengdaoziensis Ji et al. p. 1
1999Changchengornis hengdaoziensis Wang et al. p. 459
2002Changchengornis hengdaoziensis Chiappe p. 452
2010Changchengornis hengdaoziensis Li et al. p. 92

References

Ji Q., Chiappe L. M., et al (1999) A new late Mesozoic confuciusornithid bird from China, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 1, 1-7
Chiappe L. M. (2002) Basal bird phylogeny: problems and solutions, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley, 448-472
Li D., Sullivan C., et al (2010) Basal birds from China: a brief review, Chinese Birds 1 2, 83-96 doi:10.5122/cbirds.2010.0002
Q. Ji, L. M. Chiappe, S.-H. Ji (1999) A new late Mesozoic confuciusornithid bird from China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1: 1--7 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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