Eoenantiornis
Eoenantiornis was a small, early bird that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago. It had teeth and a long bony tail, and its body was covered in feathers. This bird was a meat-eater that probably hunted insects and other small animals.13
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Eoenantiornis is one of the oldest known enantiornithine birds, a group often called 'opposite birds' because their shoulder joints were different from modern birds.1
The only known fossil of Eoenantiornis is a nearly complete skeleton with feather impressions, found in the Yixian Formation in China.12
This bird was not fully grown when it died, so scientists think it was a juvenile.1
Eoenantiornis lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 125 to 120 million years ago, in what is now Liaoning, China.32
The name Eoenantiornis means 'dawn Enantiornis', because scientists thought it was an early relative of the bird Enantiornis.1

Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Eoenantiornis
- Bautizado por
- Hou et al. 19993
- Grupo
- Aves primitivas
- Familia / clado
- Enantiornithes3
- Clasificación
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Idade das rochas
- de 126 a 120 millóns de anos (Barremian / Aptian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Yixian3
- Países
- China3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Eoenantiornis was named in 1999 by Hou Lianhu, Larry Martin, Zhou Zhonghe, and John Alan Feduccia. The only fossil, a nearly complete skeleton, was found at Heitizigou in Liaoning, China.13
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are still debating exactly where Eoenantiornis fits in the bird family tree, though it is generally placed among the enantiornithine birds.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Eoenantiornis (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Eoenantiornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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