Kunpengornis
| Kunpengornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
| |
|---|---|
| Speculative life restoration of Kunpengornis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | Euornithes |
| Genus: | †Kunpengornis Huang et al., 2026 |
| Species: | †K. anhuimusei
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Kunpengornis anhuimusei Huang et al., 2026
| |
Kunpengornis (meaning "Kunpeng bird") is an extinct genus of euornithean birds known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian age) Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China. The genus contains a single species, Kunpengornis anhuimusei, known from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton. Fish bones preserved in the abdominal cavity indicate that Kunpengornis was piscivorous.