Longipterygidae
| Longipterygids Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Fossil specimen of Longipteryx chaoyangensis, Hong Kong Science Museum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Family: | †Longipterygidae Zhang et al., 2001 |
| Type species | |
| †Longipteryx chaoyangensis Zhang et al., 2001
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Longipterygidae is an extinct family of early enantiornithean avialans from the Early Cretaceous epoch of China and possibly Spain. All definitive specimens of this family come from the Jiufotang Formation and Yixian Formation, dating to the early Aptian age, 125–120 million years ago.