In Depth Pengornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird. - Journal of Anatomy 212(5):565-577. - Z. Zhou, J. Clarke & F. Zhang - 2008. – A subadult specimen of … Read more
In Depth Protopteryx is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous. An interesting note about Protopteryx is that it is among the most primitive enantiornithine birds known to live in the early Cretaceous. Protopteryx was very small, only about ten centimetres from head to tail (excluding the feathers). Protopteryx … Read more
In Depth Enantiophoenix is genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in what is now Lebanon during the early part of the Late Cretaceous. Further Reading - 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 … Read more
In Depth Kuszholia is a genus of primitive bird that lived in Uzbekistan during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading – Record of the Localities of Mesozoic and Paleogene with Avian Remains in the USSR, and the description of New Findings. Russian Journal of Ornithology, 1: 7-50. - L. A. Nesov - 1992.
In Depth Martinavis is a genus of enantiornithine bird which lived during the late Cretaceous. So far Martinavis is known from several species, and fossils discovered in France, Argentina as well potential remains in the USA. If all these fossils are valid, then at a genus level, Martinavis would have been one of the most … Read more
In Depth Shanweiniao is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous. When the genus was described in 2010, Shanweiniao was the only known enantiornithine which had a wing structure that was capable of generating lift. The name Shanweiniao means ‘fan tailed bird’, a reference to the structure of the … Read more