Huoshanornis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

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| name = Huoshanornis

| fossil_range = Early Cretaceous, {{fossilrange|120}}

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| genus = Huoshanornis

| parent_authority = Wang et al., 2010

| species = huji

| authority = Wang et al., 2010

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Huoshanornis is a genus of enantiornithine birds which existed in what is now Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning Province, China during the early Cretaceous period. Its fossil remains were found at Chaoyang City.{{Cite journal|author1=Xia Wang |author2=Zihui Zhang |author3=Chunling Gao |author4=Lianhai Hou |author5=Qingjin Meng |author6=Jinyuan Liu |year=2010 |title=A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China |journal=The Condor |volume=112 |issue=3 |pages=432–437 |doi= 10.1525/cond.2010.090248|s2cid=83803657 |doi-access=free }} It was first named by Xia Wang, Zihui Zhang, Chunling Gao, Lianhai Hou, Qingjin Meng and Jinyuan Liu in 2010 and the type species is Huoshanornis huji.

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Category:Enantiornithes

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2010

Category:Early Cretaceous birds of Asia

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