Longipterygidae
| Longipterygids Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Fossil specimen of Longipteryx chaoyangensis, Hong Kong Science Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Family: | †Longipterygidae Zhang et al., 2001 |
| Type species | |
| †Longipteryx chaoyangensis Zhang et al., 2001 | |
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Longipterygidae is a family of early enantiornithean avialans from the Early Cretaceous epoch of China. All known specimens come from the Jiufotang Formation and Yixian Formation, dating to the early Aptian age, 125-120 million years ago.