Genus: Paraprotopteryx ZHENG, ZHANG & HOU, 2007
Etymology: Latin, 'para' and protopteryx; in reference to the new bird much
similar to another enatiornithine bird Protopteyx.
Species: gracilis ZHENG, ZHANG & HOU, 2007
Etymology: Latin, gracilis, 'pretty'.
Holotype: STM V001
Locality: The city of Fengning, northern Hebei Province, China.
Horizon: Yixian Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Cretaceous.
Material: Skull, a pair of forelimbs and hindlimbs, coracoids, scapula, furcula, parts of cervical and dorsal vertebrae, sternum and rib fragments.
Note: Has feather impressions and 4 long tail feathers.