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Enantiornis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Enantiornis was named by Walker (1981). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Enantiornithidae by Carroll (1988); to Avisauridae by Kurochkin (2000); to Enantiornithes by Walker (1981), Chiappe and Calvo (1994), Padian (2004); and to Euenantiornithes by Chiappe (2002), Walker and Dyke (2009).

Species
E. leali, E. martini, E. walkeri
Entered
by J. Hunter on 2003-01-23; modified by E. Vlachos on 2023-02-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Enantiornis Walker p. 52
1988Enantiornis Carroll
1994Enantiornis Chiappe and Calvo p. 232
2000Enantiornis Kurochkin p. 540
2002Enantiornis Chiappe p. 457
2004Enantiornis Padian p. 212
2009Enantiornis Walker and Dyke

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
subclassEnantiornithes
superorderEuenantiornithesChiappe 2002
genusEnantiornis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Enantiornis Walker 1981
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†Enantiornis leali Walker 1981
†Enantiornis martini Nessov and Panteleyev 1993
†Enantiornis walkeri Nessov and Panteleyev 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Uzbekistan (Navoi) E. walkeri, E. martini (58166)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Salta) E. sp., E. leali (13307)