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Sapeornis
| Sapeornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Fossil specimen, National Museum of Natural Science | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Order: | †Omnivoropterygiformes |
| Family: | †Omnivoropterygidae |
| Genus: | †Sapeornis Zhou & Zhang, 2002 |
| Species: | †S. chaoyangensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sapeornis chaoyangensis Zhou & Zhang, 2002
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Genus synonymy
Species synonymy
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Sapeornis is a monotypic genus of avialan dinosaurs which lived during the early Cretaceous period (late Barremian to early Aptian, roughly 125-120 mya). Sapeornis contains only one species, Sapeornis chaoyangensis.
- ^ Hu, D.; et al. (2010). "A new sapeornithid bird from China and its implication for early avian evolution". Acta Geologica Sinica. 84 (3): 472–482. Bibcode:2010AcGlS..84..472H. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00188.x. S2CID 86441777.
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