-
other lithornithids and has been
suggested to be more
closely related to
extant paleognaths,
though it is
recently recovered as a
derived lithornithid. Lithornis...
- non-avian and
avian dinosaurs such as dromaeosaurids, enantiornithes, and
lithornithids.
Muscle tissues can
display irisdescence. Both the body and the train...
-
other lithornithids lack tail feathers.
Calciavis is
recovered as a
sister taxa to Pseudocrypturus, as sister-taxa to all
other lithornithids. [citation...
-
known until the
Cenozoic (though
birds occasionally interpreted as
lithornithids occur in
Albian appalachian sites), but
there have been many reports...
- narrow-billed
Diogenornis and Palaeotis,
compared to the s****bird-like
lithornithids, and
could imply similar animalivorous diets.
Ratites are different...
- the
gigantic Gastornis and the
enigmatic ratite Remiornis. Like most
lithornithids, it was
probably a very
competent flyer, its
coracoid remnants suggesting...
-
retain smaller-bodied, omnivorous, and
volant lifestyles. Flight-capable
lithornithids from the
Paleocene and
Eocene epochs appear to have been structurally...
- and is
generally understood to
refer to a
taxon without tinamous or
lithornithids,
which is now
recognised as polyphyletic.
Ratitae Struthioniformes Struthionidae...
-
ostriches and rheas. The beak was slender, more
similar to that of
lithornithids, and
probably had
similar carnivorous habits.
Paleotis is considered...
- size, that
probably resembled a
tinamou quite closely.
Unlike other lithornithids but much like its
modern relatives it was
probably a poor flyer. Paracathartes...
