Piscivoravis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of dinosaurs}}

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

| image = Piscivoravis sketch.jpg

| image_caption = Life restoration

| parent_authority = Zhou et al., 2013

| genus = Piscivoravis

| species = lii

| authority = Zhou et al., 2013

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Piscivoravis is an extinct genus of fish-eating ornithuromorph dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation (Aptian age) of western Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Piscivoravis was first named by Shuang Zhou, Zhonghe Zhou and Jingmai O'Connor in 2013 and the type species is Piscivoravis lii. Phylogenetic analysis places Piscivoravis in a more derived position than Archaeorhynchus, in a polytomy with Jianchangornis, Patagopteryx, and the clade including all more derived ornithuromorphs.{{Cite journal | last1 = Zhou | first1 = S. | last2 = Zhou | first2 = Z. | last3 = O'Connor | first3 = J. | title = A new piscivorous ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota | doi = 10.1080/08912963.2013.819504 | journal = Historical Biology | pages = 608–618 | year = 2013 | volume = 26 | issue = 5 | s2cid = 67854494 }}

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Category:Euornithes

Category:Early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2013

Category:Paleontology in Liaoning

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