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Similiyanornis (meaning "similar to Yanornis") is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Similiyanornis brevipectus, known from a complete skeleton with feathers.[1]
| Similiyanornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Aptian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | Ornithuromorpha |
| Family: | †Yanornithidae |
| Genus: | †Similiyanornis Wang et al., 2020 |
| Species: | †S. brevipectus
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| †Similiyanornis brevipectus Wang et al., 2020
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References
edit- ^ Min Wang; Zhiheng Li; Qingguo Liu; Zhonghe Zhou (2020). "Two new Early Cretaceous ornithuromorph birds provide insights into the taxonomy and divergence of Yanornithidae (Aves: Ornithothoraces)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (21): 1805–1827. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1836050.
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