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Eoenantiornis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Clade
  
†Enantiornithes

Rank
  
Species

Eoenantiornis httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Order
  
†Eoenantiornithiformes Hou et al., 1999

Family
  
†Eoenantiornithidae Hou et al., 1999

Genus
  
†Eoenantiornis Hou et al., 1999

Similar
  
Cathayornis, Boluochia, Longipteryx, Protopteryx, Concornis

Eoenantiornis is a genus of enantiornithine birds which lived during the early Cretaceous period (124.6 Ma ago). It 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.

References

Eoenantiornis Wikipedia