Chongmingia
| Chongmingia Temporal range: | |
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| Photograph and line drawing of the holotype of Chongmingia. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Family: | †Jinguofortisidae |
| Genus: | †Chongmingia Wang et al., 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Chongmingia zhengi Wang et al., 2016 | |
Chongmingia is a genus of basal avialan belonging to Pygostylia that lived during the Aptian. It was found in the Jiufotang Formation in Chaoyang, China, and was described by Wang et al., 2016. The name comes from the word Chongming, referring to a Chinese mythological bird, and the specific epithet is in honor of Mr. Xiaoting Zheng.