Biology:Enantiophoenix
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Enantiophoenix | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q569136 entry
