Iberomesornis Sanz et al. 1990 (bird)

Aves - Enantiornithes

Full reference: J. L. Sanz, A. D. Buscalioni, J. J. Moratalla, V. Francés, and M. Antón. 1990. Los reptiles Mesozoicos del registro español [The Mesozoic reptiles from the Spanish record]. Monografias del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2:1-79

Parent taxon: Enantiornithes according to M. Wang and D. Liu 2015

See also Cau and Arduini 2008, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe and Calvo 1994, Kurochkin 1996, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, Padian 2004, Sanz et al. 1990, Sanz et al. 1996, Sereno 2000, Wang et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2014 and Zhang et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Aberratiodontuidae, Alexornithiformes, Avimaia, Avisauridae, Bohaiornithidae, Boluochiformes, Brevirostruavis, Castignovolucris, Cathayornis, Cathayornis aberransis, Cathayornis chabuensis, Cathayornithiformes, Concornis, Cruralispennia, Dunhuangia, Elektorornis, Elsornis, Enantiornithiformes, Eoalulavis, Eocathayornis, Eoenantiornis, Eoenantiornithiformes, Euenantiornithes, Euornithiformes, Evgenavis, Falcatakely, Feitianius, Flexomornis, Fortunguavis, Gobipipus, Gobipteryx, Gretcheniao, Holbotia, Houornis, Huoshanornis, Junornis, Lectavis, Linyiornis, Longipterygidae, Longipterygiformes, Longirostravisiformes, Microenantiornis, Mirusavis, Monoenantiornis, Musivavis, Noguerornis, Orienantius, Otogornis, Paraprotopteryx, Parvavis, Pengornithidae, Piscivorenantiornis, Protopterygiformes, Protopteryx, Pterygornis, Qiliania, Shangyang, Sinornis, Vescornis, Xiangornis, Yatenavis, Yuanjiawaornis, Yungavolucris, Yuornis

Subtaxa: Iberomesornis romerali

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Type: Iberomesornis romerali

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection) (Cretaceous of Spain)

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