Qiliania, Ji & Atterholt & O & Connor & Lamanna & Harris & Li & You & Dodson, 2011

Ji, Shu-An, Atterholt, Jessie, O, Jingmai K., Connor, Lamanna, Matthew C., Harris, Jerald D., Li, Da-Qing, You, Hai-Lu & Dodson, Peter, 2011, A new, three-dimensionally preserved enantiornithine bird (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from Gansu Province, north-western China, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (1), pp. 201-219 : 203

QILIANIA GEN. NOV.

Etymology: Qilian (‘heaven’ in the language of the Xiongnu, an ancient confederation of nomadic tribes that inhabited central Asia), for the Qilian Mountains that lie to the south of the Changma Basin. The generic name is fashioned after that of the only other fossil bird thus far named from Changma, Gansus , in that it refers to a local geographical feature but eschews a traditional avian suffix. Pronunciation: CHEE-lee-AHnee-uh.

Type species: Qiliania graffini sp. nov. (by monotypy).

Diagnosis: As for the type and only known species, given below.