Avimaia Bailleul et al. 2019 (avialan)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: A. M. Bailleul, J. O'Connor, S. Zhang, Z. Li, Q. Wang, M. C. Lamanna, X. Zhu and Z. Zhou. 2019. An Early Cretaceous enantiornithine (Aves) preserving an unlaid egg and probable medullary bone. Nature Communications 10(1):1275:1-10

Parent taxon: Enantiornithes according to A. M. Bailleul et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Aberratiodontuidae, Alexornithiformes, 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, Fortipesavis, Fortunguavis, Gobipipus, Gobipteryx, Gretcheniao, Holbotia, Houornis, Huoshanornis, Iberomesornis, 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: Avimaia schweitzerae

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Type: Avimaia schweitzerae

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Changma, Yumen (Cretaceous of China)

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