species of Enantiornithes have been named, but some names represent only single bones, so it is likely that not all are valid. The Enantiornithes became extinct...
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feathers at hatching and which, in some species, can fly on the same day. Enantiornithes and pterosaurs[citation needed] were also capable of flight soon after...
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Ornithothoraces is a group of avialan dinosaurs that includes all enantiornithes ("opposite birds") and the euornithes ("true birds"), which includes modern...
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the giant megapodes. Megapodes share some similarities to the extinct enantiornithes in terms of their superprecocial life cycle, though also several differences...
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Sereno, who made it the group of all animals closer to birds than to Enantiornithes (represented by Sinornis). This definition currently includes similar...
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analyses, Wang et al. (2024) recovered Imparavis as a member of the Enantiornithes, as the sister taxon to Yuornis in a clade of edentulous genera also...
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1981, Dr. Cyril Walker defined the clade enantiornithes and Gobipteryx was reclassified as an enantiornithes bird. In 1996, Evgeny Kurochkin described...
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including mousebird relatives (Sandcoleidae), Messelasturidae and some Enantiornithes, indicating possible convergent evolution in some cases, and common...
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the fusion is most thorough at the distal (metatarsal) end. In the Enantiornithes, a group of Mesozoic avialans, the fusion was complete at the proximal...
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so that the crop is inflated like a balloon. Some extinct birds like Enantiornithes did not have crops. In the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the...
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definitively from only one species, Cathayornis yandica, one of the first Enantiornithes found in China. Several additional species were once incorrectly classified...
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Enantiornithes, or "opposite birds", so named because the construction of their shoulder bones was in reverse to that of modern birds. Enantiornithes...
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rounded, instead of long and blade-shaped as in other enantiornithes. While most enantiornithes had four long backward projections growing from their...
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tail, though longer than in modern birds. A large group of birds, the Enantiornithes, evolved into ecological niches similar to those of modern birds and...
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preserved). Conversely, it is thought that some extinct birds like Enantiornithes did not have gizzards. The mullet (Mugilidae) found in estuarine waters...
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became clear that Alexornis was an additional member of this group. Enantiornithes are characterized by a reversed articulation of the scapula and coracoid...
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Archaeopteryx Omnivoropterygiformes Jeholornithidae Confuciusornithiformes Enantiornithes Chaoyangiformes Patagopterygiformes Ambiortiformes Songlingornithiformes...
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Dinosauria Clade: Saurischia Clade: Theropoda Clade: Avialae Clade: †Enantiornithes Genus: †Castignovolucris Buffetaut et al., 2023 Species: †C. sebei Binomial...
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non-avian dinosaurs. While the dominant avialans of the Mesozoic Era, the Enantiornithes, died out with all other non-avian dinosaurs, the Galloanserae (fowl)...
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metacarpal, which is considered a primitive trait within the clade Enantiornithes. At the time of its discovery, it was the earliest bird known to possess...
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Jorge O. (1994) "Neuquenornis volans, a New Late Cretaceous Bird (Enantiornithes: Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina" "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology"...
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of the dinosaur era were the enantiornithes, toothed birds that dominated the trees and skies. Unlike those enantiornithes, the ancestors of the galliformes...
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among prehistoric non-avian and avian dinosaurs such as dromaeosaurids, enantiornithes, and lithornithids. Muscle tissues can display irisdescence. Both the...
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summary published by Thomas R. Holz Jr. in 2011. †Enantiornithes Basal Enantiornithes and Enantiornithes incerta sedis †Cerebavis cenomanica Kurochkin et...
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during the Maastrichtian. Several archaic clades of birds, such as Enantiornithes, Ichthyornithes, and Hesperornithes, persisted to the latest Maastrichtian...
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Zhou Z. and Zhang F., 2011. A reappraisal of Boluochia zhengi (Aves: Enantiornithes) and a discussion of intraclade diversity in the Jehol avifauna, China...
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New information on the development of the skeletons of members of Enantiornithes throughout their ontogeny, based on the study of two early immature...
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short-tailed avialans) †Confuciusornithidae (small toothless birds) †Enantiornithes (primitive tree-dwelling, flying birds) Euornithes (advanced flying...
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Dinosauria Clade: Saurischia Clade: Theropoda Clade: Avialae Clade: †Enantiornithes Genus: †Gobipipus Kurochkin, Chatterjee, & Mikhailov, 2013 Type species...
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Birds became increasingly common and diversified into a variety of enantiornithe and ornithurine forms. Though mostly small, marine hesperornithes became...
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