- 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...
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analyses on
enantiornitheans have not
resolved the family. However, this may be due to such
analyses focusing on
early Cretaceous enantiornitheans (which are...
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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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Yungavolucris is a
genus of
enantiornitheans. It
contains the
single species Yungavolucris brevipedalis,
which lived in the Late
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian...
- a
feature is
present in
other enantiornitheans such as Eoalulavis.
Inferring from the
features of
other enantiornitheans,
Concornis also
likely possessed...
- been
recovered as a
basal enantiornithean, the
sister taxon of Pengornis, and in a
polytomy with many
other enantiornitheans.
Falcatakely is
known from...
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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...
