Yangavis, Wang & Zhou, 2019

Wang, Min & Zhou, Zhonghe, 2019, A new confuciusornithid (Aves: Pygostylia) from the Early Cretaceous increases the morphological disparity of the Confuciusornithidae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185, pp. 417-430 : 418

publication ID

260E9C9-B21B-44D5-8AA8-863E1D450117

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:260E9C9-B21B-44D5-8AA8-863E1D450117

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Yangavis
status

gen. nov.

YANGAVIS GEN. NOV.

Type species: Yangavis confucii sp. nov.

Etymology: The generic name is in honour of the late distinguished Chinese palaeontologist Zhongjian Yang (also known as Chung Chien Young), in memory of the 121th anniversary of Yang’s birth. He was widely considered the founder of Chinese vertebrate palaeontology.

Diagnosis: As for the type and only species.

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