Enantiornis

Enantiornis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~70 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Order: Enantiornithiformes
Martin, 1983
Family: Enantiornithidae
Nesov, 1984
Genus: Enantiornis
Walker, 1981
Species:
E. leali
Binomial name
Enantiornis leali
Walker, 1981

Enantiornis is a genus of Enantiornithes. The type and only currently accepted species E. leali is from the Late Cretaceous Lecho Formation at El Brete, Argentina. It was described from specimen PVL-4035, a coracoid, proximal scapula and proximal humerus found close to each other and suspected to represent the left shoulder of a single individual.[1]

  1. ^ Walker, C. A. (1981). "New subclass of birds from the Cretaceous of South America". Nature. 292 (5818): 51–53. Bibcode:1981Natur.292...51W. doi:10.1038/292051a0. S2CID 4340858.