Vescornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird. One species is named, V. hebeiensis. The holotype fossil is in the collection of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its catalog number is CAGS 130722. The fossil was found in Early Cretaceous rocks first attributed to the Yixian Formation, Senjitu, Fengning County, Hebei Province, China. However, later study of area geology showed that these rocks actually belong to the Huajiying Formation.[1]
Vescornis was described in detail by Zhang et al. in 2004.[2]
^Jin, F., Zhang, F.C., Li, Z.H., Zhang, J.Y., Li, C. and Zhou, Z.H. (2008). "On the horizon of Protopteryx and the early vertebrate fossil assemblages of the Jehol Biota." Chinese Science Bulletin, 53(18): 2820-2827.
^Zhang, Fucheng., Ericson, Per G.P., Zhou, Zhonghe. (2004) "Description of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, northern China" Canadian Journal of Earth Science 41: 1097 - 1107 doi:10.1139/E04-055
to the Huajiying Formation. Vescornis was described in detail by Zhang et al. in 2004. The three taxa Jibeinia, Vescornis, and "Hebeiornis", may be synonyms...
Vescornis due to having been described from the same specimen. Despite having been described in 1999, 5 years prior to the description of Vescornis,...
tissue. Shanweiniao S. cooperorum Dawangzhangzi Bed An enantiornithine. Vescornis V. hebeiensis Previously regarded as Yixian, horizon reassigned to the...
birds (Cruralispennia, Eopengornis, Jibeinia, Protopteryx, Shenqiornis, Vescornis), the ornithuromorph bird Archaeornithura, various fish, and the spinicaudatan...
accessioned by a museum. Zhang et al. described a new enantiornithean named Vescornis in 2004. They noted that it was nearly exactly the same size as Jibeinia...
nudum N/A N/A Synonym of Vescornis due to being based on the same holotype. However, despite predating the description of Vescornis by five years, its description...
fengningensis" Qiaotou Member Nomen nudum/objective junior synonym of Vescornis Jibeinia J. luanhera Qiaotou Member An enantiornithine Jinfengopteryx...
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