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Solnhofen Formation of Germany, is
usually considered the
earliest known avialan which may have had the
capability of
powered flight; a
minority of studies...
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Baminornis (meaning "Fujian
Province bird") is an
extinct genus of
basal avialans from the Late Jur****ic (Tithonian age)
Nanyuan Formation of China. The...
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avialan) IVPP V13476 (2003)
Yixianosaurus longim**** (2003;
possibly avialan)
Dilong paradoxus (2004)
Pedopenna daohugouensis (2005;
possibly avialan)...
- ****uipteryx is an
extinct genus of
basal avialan dinosaurs found in
Early Cretaceous deposits from ****an's
Kitadani Formation. It
contains one species...
-
synonyms of more
established names, and
genera that are no
longer considered avialan. The list
currently includes 291 genera.
There is no official, canonical...
- bony
projections at the back of the mouth;
exclusive to Asia)
Paraves (
avialans and
their closest relatives) †Scansoriopterygidae (small tree-climbing...
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relatives are the crocodilians.
Birds are
descendants of the
primitive avialans (whose
members include Archaeopteryx)
which first appeared during the Late...
- as the
oldest known bird (member of the
group Avialae).
Older potential avialans have
since been identified,
including Anchiornis, Xiaotingia, and Aurornis...
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Sapeornis is a
monotypic genus of
avialan dinosaurs which lived during the
early Cretaceous period (late
Barremian to
early Aptian,
roughly 125-120 mya)...
- anchiornithids, and
possibly the scansoriopterygids, the
group also
contains the
avialans,
which include diverse extinct taxa as well as the over 10,000 species...
