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    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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    analyses, Clark et al. recovered Magnusavis as a member of the avian clade Enantiornithes, a group of diverse birds that went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous...
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    Dinosauria Clade: Saurischia Clade: Theropoda Clade: Avialae Clade: †Enantiornithes Genus: †Navaornis Chiappe et al., 2024 Species: †N. hestiae Binomial...
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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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    (Sandcoleidae), and Messelasturidae indicating possible common descent. Some Enantiornithes also had such talons, indicating possible convergent evolution, as enanthiornithines...
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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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    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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    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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  • "Anatomy of a New Specimen of Piscivorenantiornis Inusitatus (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Biota". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology...
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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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  • primitive ornithuromorph. At least two studies recovered it as part of Enantiornithes, however. Vorona is sometimes confused with the dromaeosaur Rahonavis...
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    most birds. 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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    Dinosauria Clade: Saurischia Clade: Theropoda Clade: Avialae Clade: †Enantiornithes Family: †Avisauridae Genus: †Avisaurus Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985 Type...
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    Enantiornithes see Enantiornithes Euornithes see below↓...
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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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    summary published by Thomas R. Holz Jr. in 2011. †Enantiornithes Basal Enantiornithes and Enantiornithes incerta sedis †Cerebavis cenomanica Kurochkin et...
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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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  • of primitive birds that includes Archaeopteryx, Confuciusornis, and Enantiornithes. It is thought by Feduccia and Martin to be phylogenetically separate...
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    short-tailed avialans) †Confuciusornithidae (small toothless birds) †Enantiornithes (primitive tree-dwelling, flying birds) Euornithes (advanced flying...
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    Archaeopteryx Omnivoropterygiformes Jeholornithidae Confuciusornithiformes Enantiornithes Chaoyangiformes Patagopterygiformes Ambiortiformes Songlingornithiformes...
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    Archaeopteryx Omnivoropterygiformes Jeholornithidae Confuciusornithiformes Enantiornithes Chaoyangiformes Patagopterygiformes Ambiortiformes Songlingornithiformes...
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    Enantiornithes see Enantiornithes Euornithes see below↓...
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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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    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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    Dinosauria Clade: Saurischia Clade: Theropoda Clade: Avialae Clade: †Enantiornithes Genus: †Castignovolucris Buffetaut et al., 2023 Species: †C. sebei Binomial...
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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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