Eoenantiornis
| Eoenantiornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 124.6 Ma | |
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| Fossil specimen, Hong Kong Science Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Order: | †Eoenantiornithiformes Hou et al., 1999 |
| Family: | †Eoenantiornithidae Hou et al., 1999 |
| Genus: | †Eoenantiornis Hou et al., 1999 |
| Species: | † E. buhleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Eoenantiornis buhleri Hou et al., 1999 | |
Eoenantiornis is a genus of enantiornithine birds which lived during the early Cretaceous period (124.6 Ma ago). It is known from a single fossil specimen found in the Yixian Formation in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the oldest known advanced enantiornithines.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Hou, Martin, Zhou and Feduccia, 1999. Archaeopteryx to opposite birds - missing link from the Mesozoic of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 37(2), 88–95.
- ↑ Zhou, Chiappe and Zhang, (2005). "Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoenantiornis buhleri (Aves: Enantiornithes) from China." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42 (7): 1331–1338.
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