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    species of Enantiornithes have been named, but some names represent only single bones, so it is likely that not all are valid. The Enantiornithes became extinct...
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    Ornithothoraces is a group of avialan dinosaurs that includes all enantiornithes ("opposite birds") and the euornithes ("true birds"), which includes modern...
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    in some species, can fly on the same day they hatch from their eggs. Enantiornithes and pterosaurs[citation needed] were also capable of flight soon after...
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    Sereno, who made it the group of all animals closer to birds than to Enantiornithes (represented by Sinornis). This definition currently includes similar...
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    including mousebird relatives (Sandcoleidae), Messelasturidae and some Enantiornithes, indicating possible convergent evolution in some cases, and common...
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    Enantiornithes, or "opposite birds", so named because the construction of their shoulder bones was in reverse to that of modern birds. Enantiornithes...
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    the giant megapodes. Megapodes share some similarities to the extinct enantiornithes in terms of their superprecocial life cycle, though also several differences...
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    preserved). Conversely, it is thought that some extinct birds like Enantiornithes did not have gizzards. The mullet (Mugilidae) found in estuarine waters...
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  • phylogenetic analyses, Wang et al. recovered Imparavis as a member of the Enantiornithes, as the sister taxon to Yuornis in a clade also containing Gobipteryx...
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    so that the crop is inflated like a balloon. Some extinct birds like Enantiornithes did not have crops. In the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the...
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    Archaeopteryx Omnivoropterygiformes Jeholornithidae Confuciusornithiformes Enantiornithes Chaoyangiformes Patagopterygiformes Ambiortiformes Songlingornithiformes...
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    among prehistoric non-avian and avian dinosaurs such as dromaeosaurids, enantiornithes, and lithornithids. Both the body and the train of the peacock are iridescent...
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    availability of massive amounts of new data from fossils (especially Enantiornithes and other Mesozoic birds) and molecular (DNA and protein) sequences...
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    1981, Dr. Cyril Walker defined the clade enantiornithes and Gobipteryx was reclassified as an enantiornithes bird. In 1996, Evgeny Kurochkin described...
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    metacarpal, which is considered a primitive trait within the clade Enantiornithes. At the time of its discovery, it was the earliest bird known to possess...
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    tail, though longer than in modern birds. A large group of birds, the Enantiornithes, evolved into ecological niches similar to those of modern birds and...
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    the fusion is most thorough at the distal (metatarsal) end. In the Enantiornithes, a group of Mesozoic avialans, the fusion was complete at the proximal...
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    Archaeopteryx Omnivoropterygiformes Jeholornithidae Confuciusornithiformes Enantiornithes Chaoyangiformes Patagopterygiformes Ambiortiformes Songlingornithiformes...
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    summary published by Thomas R. Holz Jr. in 2011. †Enantiornithes Basal Enantiornithes and Enantiornithes incerta sedis †Cerebavis cenomanica Kurochkin et...
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    The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species. Many of them are described below, along with their typical range of size...
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    Jorge O. (1994) "Neuquenornis volans, a New Late Cretaceous Bird (Enantiornithes: Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina" "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology"...
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    Zhou Z. and Zhang F., 2011. A reappraisal of Boluochia zhengi (Aves: Enantiornithes) and a discussion of intraclade diversity in the Jehol avifauna, China...
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    Archaeopteryx Omnivoropterygiformes Jeholornithidae Confuciusornithiformes Enantiornithes Chaoyangiformes Patagopterygiformes Ambiortiformes Songlingornithiformes...
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    Archaeopteryx Omnivoropterygiformes Jeholornithidae Confuciusornithiformes Enantiornithes Chaoyangiformes Patagopterygiformes Ambiortiformes Songlingornithiformes...
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    non-avian dinosaurs. While the dominant avialans of the Mesozoic Era, the Enantiornithes, died out with all other non-avian dinosaurs, the Galloanserae (fowl)...
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    short-tailed avialans) †Confuciusornithidae (small toothless birds) †Enantiornithes (primitive tree-dwelling, flying birds) Euornithes (advanced flying...
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  • Musivavis amabilis with a review of bone microstructure adaptations in Enantiornithes". Cretaceous Research. 158. 105839. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15805839K. doi:10...
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  • Dinosauria Clade: Saurischia Clade: Theropoda Clade: Avialae Clade: †Enantiornithes Genus: †Castignovolucris Buffetaut et al., 2023 Species: †C. sebei Binomial...
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  • of primitive birds that includes Archaeopteryx, Confuciusornis, and Enantiornithes. It is thought by Feduccia and Martin to be phylogenetically separate...
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  • Birds became increasingly common and diversified into a variety of enantiornithe and ornithurine forms. Though mostly small, marine hesperornithes became...
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