was probably used mainly for display. Jeholornis contains at least three species: the type species, Jeholornis prima (named in reference to the Jehol group...

stems from whether most of the taxa in the group are just specimens of Jeholornis, as well as if the group is monophyletic at all. In the description of...

Earliest 165 Ma if Anchiornithidae are members Fossil specimen of Jeholornis prima Collage of four extant birds. Clockwise from top-left: Spanish imperial...

in the stomach contents of a specimen of Jeholornis prima, interpreting them as indicating that Jeholornis likely ate leaves of plants from the magnoliid...

Jeholornis prima...

that Jeholornis consumed fruits, and raising the possibility of seed dispersal by early birds. Description of the cranial osteology of Jeholornis prima, providing...

the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Fossils of Microraptor and Jeholornis are from the Jiufotang. Several mammaliamorph specimens have been found...

classified both Jixiangornis and Shenzhouraptor as junior synonyms of Jeholornis prima, meaning that Jixiangornis cannot be more advanced than Shenzhouraptor...

Kompsornis as a jeholornithiform most closely related to Jeholornis prima and J. curvipes (Jeholornis 'sensu stricto'), and more derived than Shenzhouraptor...

avialan closer to modern birds than to Archaeopteryx, but more basal than Jeholornis. Below is a cladogram following that analysis: Imai, T., Azuma, Y., Kawabe...