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Shandongornis

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Shandongornis
Fossil specimen,Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Genus: Shandongornis

Shandongornisis an extinct genus ofpheasantsthat lived during theMiocenewithinShandong province,China.[1][2]

List of species

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  • S. shanwangensis
  • S. yinanensis

References

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  1. ^Rich, Patricia V.; Hou, Lian H.; Ono, Keiichi; Baird, Robert F. (January 1986). "A review of the fossil birds of China, Japan and Southeast Asia".Geobios.19(6): 755–772.Bibcode:1986Geobi..19..755R.doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(86)80106-1.
  2. ^Cheneval, Jacques; Ginsburg, Léonard; Mourer-Chauvire, Cécile; Ratanasthien, Benjavun (January 1991). "The Miocene avifauna of the Li Mae Long locality, Thailand: systematics and paleoecology".Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences.6(2): 117–126.Bibcode:1991JAESc...6..117C.doi:10.1016/0743-9547(91)90103-5.