Euornithes

Euornithes
Temporal range:
Early CretaceousPresent,[1] 130.7–0 Ma
Fossil specimen of Hongshanornis longicresta
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Clade: Ornithothoraces
Clade: Euornithes
Cope, 1889
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Euornithes (frae Greek ευόρνιθες euórnithes meanin "true bird") is a natural group that includes the maist recent common ancestor o aw avialans closer tae modren fouls nor tae Sinornis.

  1. Wang, Min; Zheng, Xiaoting; O'Connor, Jingmai K.; Lloyd, Graeme T.; Wang, Xiaoli; Wang, Yan; Zhang, Xiaomei; Zhou, Zhonghe (2015). "The oldest record of Ornithuromorpha from the Early Cretaceous of China". Nature Communications (in Inglis). 6: Article number 6987. doi:10.1038/ncomms7987. PMC 5426517. PMID 25942493.

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