Sapeornis
Sapeornis is a monotypic genus of avialan which lived during the early Cretaceous period (late Barremian to early Aptian, roughly 125-120 mya). Sapeornis contains only one species, Sapeornis chaoyangensis.
| Sapeornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Fossil specimen, National Museum of Natural Science | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | Avebrevicauda |
| Family: | †Omnivoropterygidae |
| Genus: | †Sapeornis Zhou & Zhang, 2002 |
| Species: | †S. chaoyangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sapeornis chaoyangensis Zhou & Zhang, 2002 | |
| Synonyms | |
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