- (2002)
considered Jixiangornis capable of
stronger flight than
either Archaeopteryx or Jeholornis.
Their phylogenetic tree
shows Jixiangornis forming a clade...
- †Alcmonavis †Cretaaviculus †Dalianraptor †****uipteryx †Gargantuavis? †
Jixiangornis †Tingmiatornis? †Yandangornis †Zhongornis †Jeholornithiformes Avebrevicauda...
- †Jeholornis †
Jixiangornis...
- †Zhongornis †Anchiornithidae? †Archaeopterygidae? †Scansoriopterygidae? †Jeholornithiformes Dalianraptor?
Jeholornis Jixiangornis?
Kompsornis Neimengornis...
- †Zhongornis †Anchiornithidae? †Archaeopterygidae? †Scansoriopterygidae? †Jeholornithiformes Dalianraptor?
Jeholornis Jixiangornis?
Kompsornis Neimengornis...
- †Zhongornis †Anchiornithidae? †Archaeopterygidae? †Scansoriopterygidae? †Jeholornithiformes Dalianraptor?
Jeholornis Jixiangornis?
Kompsornis Neimengornis...
-
specimen of a
third species, J. curvipes. The non-pygostylian
avialan Jixiangornis orientalis was
considered a
possible synonym of
Jeholornis prima. However...
- †Zhongornis †Anchiornithidae? †Archaeopterygidae? †Scansoriopterygidae? †Jeholornithiformes Dalianraptor?
Jeholornis Jixiangornis?
Kompsornis Neimengornis...
- †Zhongornis †Anchiornithidae? †Archaeopterygidae? †Scansoriopterygidae? †Jeholornithiformes Dalianraptor?
Jeholornis Jixiangornis?
Kompsornis Neimengornis...
- †Zhongornis †Anchiornithidae? †Archaeopterygidae? †Scansoriopterygidae? †Jeholornithiformes Dalianraptor?
Jeholornis Jixiangornis?
Kompsornis Neimengornis...
