Genus: Anchiornis XU, ZHAO, NORELL, SULLIVAN, HONE, ERICKSON, WANG,
HAN & GUO, 2008
Etymology: Greek, anchi, "nearby" Greek, ornis, "bird"; referring to the
animal's being very closley related to birds.
Species: huxleyi XU, ZHAO, NORELL, SULLIVAN, HONE, ERICKSON, WANG,
HAN & GUO,
2008
Etymology: In honor of T. H. Huxley, who pioneered research into avian origins.
Holotype: IVPP V14378
Locality: Yaolugou locality, Jianchung County, western Liaoning Province, China.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous.
Material: Skeleton lacking the skull, anterior and middle cervical vertebrae, and posterior caudal vertebrae with faint feather impressions preserved on the slab and counterslab.
Referred material:
PEI, LI, MENG, NORELL & GAO, 2017
PKUP V1068, BMNHC PH804, BMNHC PH822 & BMNHC PH823: Skulls and skeletons.
Note: With feather impressions.
GUO, XU & JIA, 2018
Locality: Jianchang County, Liaoning Province, China.
Horizon: Tiaojishan Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Oxfordian Stage, Lower Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
41HIII 0404, 41HIII 0415: Nearly complete skulls and skeletons.
Note: With feather impressions.
HU, HOU, ZHANG & XU, 2009
Locality: Daxishan locality, Jianchang County, Liaoning Province, China.
Horizon: Tiaojishan Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Oxfordian Stage, Lower Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
LPM-B00169A, B: Nearly complete skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Note: With feather impressions.
LI, GAO, VINTHER, SHAWKEY, CLARKE, ALBA, MENG, BRIGGS & PRUM, 2010
BMHNC PH828 (part and counterpart): Skull and nearly complete specimen.
Note: With feather impressions.
WANG, PITTMAN, ZHENG, KAYE, FALK, HARTMAN & XU, 2017
STM-127: Skeleton with skin impression on the wing.
STM-132: Skeleton with skin impression on the forewing.
STM-127: Skin impression on the pes and toes.
STM-118: Skin impression on the lower leg and pubis.
STM-114: Skin impression on the tail.
STM-144: Skin impression on the middle of the tail.
STM-133: Skin impression on the lower leg.
STM-144: Skin impression on its manus.
ZHENG, WANG, SULLIVAN, ZHANG, ZHANG, WANG, LI & XU, 2018
STM0-38, 179, 224, 227, 228, STMA0-4: Skulls and skeletons.
Note: All with gastric pellets with fish scles and bones.
Note: STM0-179 has a pellet loged in the oesophagus with 3 fragmentary lizards skeletons.