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    species of Enantiornithes have been named, but some names represent only single bones, so it is likely that not all are valid. The Enantiornithes became extinct...
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    Ornithothoraces is a group of avialan dinosaurs that includes all enantiornithes ("opposite birds") and the euornithes ("true birds"), which includes modern...
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    in some species, can fly on the same day they hatch from their eggs. Enantiornithes and pterosaurs[citation needed] were also capable of flight soon after...
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    Sereno, who made it the group of all animals closer to birds than to Enantiornithes (represented by Sinornis). This definition currently includes similar...
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    Enantiornithes, or "opposite birds", so named because the construction of their shoulder bones was in reverse to that of modern birds. Enantiornithes...
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    including mousebird relatives (Sandcoleidae), Messelasturidae and some Enantiornithes, indicating possible convergent evolution in some cases, and common...
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    1981, Dr. Cyril Walker defined the clade enantiornithes and Gobipteryx was reclassified as an enantiornithes bird. In 1996, Evgeny Kurochkin described...
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  • phylogenetic analyses, Wang et al. recovered Imparavis as a member of the Enantiornithes, as the sister taxon to Yuornis in a clade also containing Gobipteryx...
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    among prehistoric non-avian and avian dinosaurs such as dromaeosaurids, enantiornithes, and lithornithids. Both the body and the train of the peacock are iridescent...
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    preserved). Conversely, it is thought that some extinct birds like Enantiornithes did not have gizzards. The mullet (Mugilidae) found in estuarine waters...
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