Euavialae

Euavialans
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Holocene, 131–0Ma
Fossil specimen of a juvenile Jixiangornis orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Euavialae
Ji et al., 2002
Subgroups

Euavialae (meaning "true winged birds") is a group of birds which includes all avialan species more closely related to modern birds, than to the primitive, long-tailed birds Archaeopteryx and Jeholornis.[1]

Cladogram following the results of a phylogenetic study by Lefèvre et al., 2014:[2]

Avialae

†Aurornis

†Eosinopteryx

†Anchiornis

†Archaeopteryx

†Xiaotingia

†Rahonavis

†Jeholornis


Euavialae

†Jixiangornis


Avebrevicauda

†Sapeornis


Pygostylia

†Confuciusornithiformes

Ornithothoraces











References

  1. ↑ Ji, Q.; Ji, S.; Zhang, H.; You, H.; Zhang, J.; Wang, L.; Yuan, C. & Ji, X. (2002): A new avialan bird - Jixiangornis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. - from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, NE China. Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences) 38(6): 723-736 [in Chinese with English abstract].
  2. ↑ Lefèvre, U.; Hu, D.; Escuillié, F. O.; Dyke, G.; Godefroit, P. (2014). "A new long-tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern China". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113 (3): 790. doi:10.1111/bij.12343.