Yanornis
| Yanornis Temporal range: Aptian, | |
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| Fossil specimen of Y. martini | |
| Artist's reconstruction of Y. martini | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Family: | †Songlingornithidae |
| Genus: | †Yanornis Zhou & Zhang, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| †Yanornis martini Zhou & Zhang, 2001 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
Yanornis (simplified Chinese: 燕鸟; traditional Chinese: 燕鳥; pinyin: Yān niǎo; lit. 'Yan bird') is an extinct genus of fish-eating Early Cretaceous birds. Two species have been described, both from Liaoning province, China: Yanornis martini, based on several fossils found in the 120-million-year-old Jiufotang Formation at Chaoyang, and Yanornis guozhangi, from the 124-million-year-old Yixian Formation.