Eoenantiornis

Eoenantiornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 124.6 Ma
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

  1. Hou, Martin, Zhou and Feduccia, 1999. Archaeopteryx to opposite birds - missing link from the Mesozoic of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 37(2), 88–95.
  2. 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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