Genus: Brevidentavis O’CONNOR, STIDHAM, HARRIS, LAMANNA, BAILLEUL, HU, WANG & YOU, 2022
Etymology: Latin, brevis, "short", Latin, dens, "tooth" and Latin, avis, "bird."

Species: zhangi O’CONNOR, STIDHAM, HARRIS, LAMANNA, BAILLEUL, HU, WANG & YOU, 2022
Etymology: In honor of Professor Zhang Zing (formerly of the Gansu Provincial Museum), co-leader of teh 2002 expedition that rediscovered teh Changman Locality:

Holotype: IVPP V26197

Locality: Changman township, Yuman City, Jiuquan area, , Changma Prefecture,Yumen Municipality, northwestern Kansu (Gansu) Province, China.

Horizon: Xiagou Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Aptian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: Both dentaries in dorsomedial view in articulation with the predentary, a pair of hyoid bones disarticulated away from thier in vivo posiition, and approximately 12 articulated vertebrae exposed primarily in lateral fiew.

Note: A possibl alimentary pellet is preserved partially overlain by the seventh preserved vertebra.

Note: originaly referred to Gansus yumenensis (Bailleul et al, 2019).