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Monotypic taxon: Genus †Yixianornis Zhou & Zhang, 2001 (bird)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Yixianornithiformes - (Family) Yixianornithidae

Original position

†Chaoyangornithiformes (Order) Hou, 1997, nom. imperf.

Subsequent positions

†Yixianornithidae (Family) Zhou & Zhang, 2006

Ref: Z. Zhou & F. Zhang, 2006: 79. [assumed]

Current position

†Yixianornithidae (Family) Zhou & Zhang, 2006

Ref: Z. Zhou & F. Zhang, 2006: 79. [new position]

Alternative positions

†*Chaoyangornithiformes* (Order) Hou, 1997, nom. imperf.	Ref: [Anonymous], 1998-present: 15 Feb 2009. [excluded]
*Ornithuromorpha* (Subclass) Chiappe, 2002	Ref: J.K. O'Connor et al., 2010: fig. 9.

Historical positions

*Ornithuromorpha* (Subclass) Chiappe, 2002	Ref: J.K. O'Connor et al., 2010: fig. 9.
†*Yixianornithidae* (Family) Zhou & Zhang, 2006	Ref: Z. Zhou & F. Zhang, 2006: 79, table 1. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †1s]
2006	Z. Zhou & F. Zhang: 79	[; †1s]
1998-present	The Paleobiology Database: 15 Feb 2009	[; †1s]

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