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
Type: Avimaia schweitzerae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Changma, Yumen (Cretaceous of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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