
“Liaoxiornis”. Yixian Formation. Liaoning, China. Early Cretaceous. An enantiornithine fledgling of uncertain species, based on several fossils (including GMV-2156/ NIGP-130723), from the lower Yixian Formation. Genus formerly known as Liaoxiornis (and also Lingyuanornis), see Chiappe et al. 2007. Depicted here perched in a tree from the Jehol Biota with Liaoningocladus foliage.