Dapingfangornis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

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| name = Dapingfangornis

| fossil_range = Early Cretaceous, {{fossil range|120}}

| genus = Dapingfangornis

| parent_authority = Li et al., 2006

| species = sentisorhinus

| authority = Li et al., 2006

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Dapingfangornis was an enantiornithean bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous and is known from fossils—including a complete skeleton—found in the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Small to medium-sized, it had a sternum with both long and short lateral processes, and a unique thornlike process on its nares.{{cite journal |author=Li Li |author2=Ye Duan |author3=Dongyu Hu |author4=Li Wang |author5=Shaoli Cheng |author6=Lianhai Hou |year=2006 |title=New Eoenantiornithid Bird from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning, China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=38–41 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00792.x |bibcode=2006AcGlS..80...38L }}

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Category:Bird genera

Category:Early Cretaceous birds of Asia

Category:Enantiornithes

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2006

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