Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
Theropoda
Clade:
Avialae
Clade:
†Enantiornithes
Family:
†Longipterygidae
Genus:
†Longipteryx Zhang et al., 2001
Species:
†L. chaoyangensis
Binomial name
†Longipteryx chaoyangensis
Zhang et al., 2001
Synonyms
Camptodontornis yangi? (Li et al., 2010)[1]
Longipteryx is a genus of prehistoric bird which lived during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian stage, 120.3 million years ago). It contains a single species, Longipteryx chaoyangensis. Its remains have been recovered from the Jiufotang Formation at Chaoyang in Liaoning Province, China. Apart from the holotype IVPP V 12325 - a fine and nearly complete skeleton — another entire skeleton (IPPV V 12552) and some isolated bones (a humerus and furcula, specimens IPPV V 12553, and an ulna, IPPV V 12554) are known to date.[2]
The name Longipteryx means "one with long feathers", from Latin longus, "long" + Ancient Greek pteryx (πτέρυξ), "wing", "feather" or "pinion". The specific name chaoyangensis is from the Latin for "from Chaoyang".
^Xuri Wang; Caizhi Shen; Sizhao Liu; Chunling Gao; Xiaodong Cheng; Fengjiao Zhang (2015). "New material of Longipteryx (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China with the first recognized avian tooth crenulations". Zootaxa. 3941 (4): 565–578. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.5. PMID 25947529.
^Zhang, Fucheng; Zhou, Zhonghe; Hou, Lianhai; Gu, Gang (June 2001). "Early diversification of birds: Evidence from a new opposite bird". Chinese Science Bulletin. 46 (11): 945–949. Bibcode:2001ChSBu..46..945Z. doi:10.1007/bf02900473. S2CID 85215328.
Longipteryx is a genus of prehistoric bird which lived during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian stage, 120.3 million years ago). It contains a single species...
by Liu et al. (2024), who report that Bohaiornis, Brevirostruavis and Longipteryx had cervical morphologies resembling those of extant insectivorous or...
Caudipteryx, oviraptorids, dromaeosaurids, Confuciusornis, Chaoyangia, and Longipteryx; however it apparently does not occur in Archaeopteryx, though Codd et...
insects behind tree bark. A study on Mesozoic avialan diets does recover Longipteryx as a piscivore. A 2022 study, however, does find them most likely to...
Jingmai O'Connor and colleagues found that it was closely related to Longipteryx and could be assigned to the family Longipterygidae. While it was originally...
similar in construction to primitive perching birds like Cathayornis and Longipteryx. These adaptations for grasping ability in all four limbs, the authors...
in construction to more primitive perching birds like Cathayornis and Longipteryx. These adaptations for grasping ability in all four limbs makes it likely...
letters: b = Boluochia c = Cathayornis e = Enantiophoenix f = Houornis h = Longipteryx i = Parabohaiornis j = Pterygornis l = Vorona m = Yuanjiawaornis n =...
letters: b = Boluochia c = Cathayornis e = Enantiophoenix f = Houornis h = Longipteryx i = Parabohaiornis j = Pterygornis l = Vorona m = Yuanjiawaornis n =...
with Wang et al. (2015) considering it to be a probable synonym of Longipteryx chaoyangensis. Dejean, (1826). Spec. gén. Coléopt., 2, 476. Li Li; En-pu...
Liaoningopterus, Sinopterus, and Guidraco, enantiornithines such as Longipteryx, Sinornis and Yuanchuavis, and a variety of early birds like Yanornis...
adaptations show convergent evolution with the unrelated enantiornithine Longipteryx. One specimen preserved large amounts of supposed gastroliths ("stomach...
archibaldi and all genera more closely related to it than to either Longipteryx, Gobipteryx or Sinornis. Matt Martyniuk gave the name Avisauroidea to...
and enamel microstructure in Microraptor, Anchiornis, Sapeornis and Longipteryx, providing evidence of microscopic modifications in tooth enamel, dentin...
letters: b = Boluochia c = Cathayornis e = Enantiophoenix f = Houornis h = Longipteryx i = Parabohaiornis j = Pterygornis l = Vorona m = Yuanjiawaornis n =...
enantiornithes (such as Eoenantiornis, Longirostravis, Sinornis, Boluochia, and Longipteryx), and even further derived ornithurines (such as Liaoningornis, Yixianornis...
O'Connor et al. (2010) found that Shanweiniao is a close relative of Longipteryx, Longirostravis, and Rapaxavis, which together form a clade of long-beaked...
letters: b = Boluochia c = Cathayornis e = Enantiophoenix f = Houornis h = Longipteryx i = Parabohaiornis j = Pterygornis l = Vorona m = Yuanjiawaornis n =...
†Camptodontus yangi Li et al. 2010 non Dejean 1826 (Early Cretaceous) †Longipteryx chaoyangensis Zhang et al. 2001 (Early Cretaceous) †Longirostravis hani...
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