- The Enantiornithes, also
known as
enantiornithines or
enantiornitheans in literature, are a
group of
extinct avialans ("birds" in the
broad sense), the...
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being a true homology. The
earliest known members of the
group are the
enantiornitheans Protopteryx fengningensis,
Eopengornis martini, and Cruralispennia...
- in
enantiornitheans. The
tibiotarsus and
tarsometatarsus are long and slender, but the
fibula is
short and
tapering (as in
advanced enantiornitheans and...
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wiped out in the Cretaceous–Paleogene
extinction event,
along with
enantiornitheans and all
other non-avian dinosaurs. Most of what is
known about this...
- a
feature is
present in
other enantiornitheans such as Eoalulavis.
Inferring from the
features of
other enantiornitheans,
Concornis also
likely possessed...
- type species,
Bohaiornis guoi, and
Shenqiornis mengi.
Similar to most
enantiornitheans,
bohaiornithids possessed teeth rather than a beak as in
modern birds...
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longipterygids were also
specialized relative to
other enantiornitheans.
Where most
enantiornitheans had a long
middle toe with a "knuckle" (trochlea) that...
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features that are
rarely found in euornitheans, but are more
typical of
enantiornitheans and more
basal groups.
These include a
robust furcula with a prominent...
- is the type
species of Bohaiornithidae, a
family of
large predatory enantiornitheans from the
Early Cretaceous. In 2014, a second, even
larger specimen...
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Ichthyornitheans became extinct at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary,
along with
enantiornitheans, all
other non-avian dinosaurs, and many
other animal and
plant groups...
