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{{Short description|Extinct genus of dinosaurs}}
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| fossil_range = [[Early Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|122}}
| genus = Shenqiornis
| parent_authority = Wang ''et al.'', 2010
| species = mengi
| authority = Wang ''et al.'', 2010
}}

'''''Shenqiornis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[enantiornithean]] [[dinosaur]]s.<ref name="Wang2010">Wang, X., J. O'Connor, B. Zhao, L.M. Chiappe, C. Gao and X. Cheng. (2010) New species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China. ''Acta Geologica Sinica'', 84(2):247-256.</ref> It was found in the Qiaotou Member of the [[Huajiying Formation]] of [[Hebei]] Province, [[China]], and is therefore of uncertain age. The Qiaotou Member may correlate with the more well-known [[Early Cretaceous]] [[Yixian Formation]], and so probably is dated to the [[Aptian]], around 122 million years ago.<ref name=jinetal2008>Jin, F., Zhang, F.C., Li, Z.H., Zhang, J.Y., Li, C. and Zhou, Z.H. (2008). "On the horizon of ''Protopteryx'' and the early vertebrate fossil assemblages of the Jehol Biota." ''Chinese Science Bulletin'', '''53'''(18): 2820-2827.</ref>

The [[type species]] ''Shenqiornis mengi'' was in 2010 named and described by Wang Xuri, [[Jingmai O'Connor]], Zhao Bo, Luis María Chiappe, Gao Chunling and Cheng Xiaodong. The generic name combines a reference to [[Shenzhou 7]] with a Greek ''ornis'', "bird". The [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]] honours Meng Qingjin, the former director of the Dalian Natural History Museum. The [[holotype]] is '''DNHM D2950-2951''', a plate and counterplate containing a largely complete skeleton of a subaldult.<ref name="Wang2010"/>

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{{Enantiornithes}}
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[[Category:Bohaiornithids]]
[[Category:Early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia]]
[[Category:Paleontology in Hebei]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 2010]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Luis M. Chiappe]]


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