Eoenantiornis

Eoenantiornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 125 Ma
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Fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Enantiornithes
Superorder: Euenantiornithes
Genus: Eoenantiornis
Hou et al., 1999
Species
  • E. buhleri Hou et al., 1999 (type)

Eoenantiornis was an enantiornithine bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous about 125 mya and is known from a single fossil specimen found in the Yixian Formation in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the oldest known advanced enantiornithines.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Hou, Martin, Zhou and Feduccia, 1999. Archaeopteryx to opposite birds - missing link from the Mesozoic of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 37(2), 88–95.
  2. ^ Zhou, Chiappe and Zhang, (2005). "Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoenantiornis buhleri (Aves: Enantiornithes) from China." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42 (7): 1331–1338.