Yumenornis

Yumenornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Holotype
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Avialae
Clade:	Ornithuromorpha
Genus:	†Yumenornis Wang et al., 2013
Type species
†Yumenornis huangi Wang et al., 2013

Yumenornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of Changma Basin, Gansu Province of northwestern China. Yumenornis was first named by Ya-Ming Wang, Jingmai O'Connor, Da-Qing Li and Hai-Lu You in 2013 and the type species is Yumenornis huangi.^[1]

References

1. Wang, Y. M.; O'Connor, J. K.; Li, D. Q.; You, H. L. (2013). Farke, Andrew A (ed.). "Previously Unrecognized Ornithuromorph Bird Diversity in the Early Cretaceous Changma Basin, Gansu Province, Northwestern China". PLOS ONE. 8 (10): e77693. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...877693W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077693. PMC 3795672. PMID 24147058.