Enantiophoenix
Enantiophoenix Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Family: | †Avisauridae |
Genus: | †Enantiophoenix Cau & Arduini, 2008 |
Species: | †E. electrophyla
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Binomial name | |
†Enantiophoenix electrophyla Cau & Arduini, 2008
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Enantiophoenix is a genus of enantiornithine birds. Fossil remains were recovered from Lebanon. Lumps of amber preserved with one specimen indicate it may have fed on tree sap.[1]
References[]
- ^ Cau, A.; Arduini, P. (2008). "Enantiophoenix electrophyla gen. et sp. nov. (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon and its phylogenetic relationships". Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo ivico di Storia Naturale in Milano. 149 (2): 293–324.
Categories:
- Prehistoric birds of Asia
- Bird genera
- Late Cretaceous birds of Asia
- Avisaurids
- Fossil taxa described in 2008
- Fossils of Lebanon
- Prehistoric bird stubs