Enantiophoenix

Name: Enantiophoenix.
Phonetic: E-nat-e-o-fee-niks.
Named By: A.‭ ‬Cau‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Arduini‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Enantiornithes,‭ ‬Euenantiornithes,‭ ‬Avisauridae.
Species: E.‭ ‬electrophyla‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Lebanon.‭
Time period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skeletal remains as well as remains of feathers.

       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 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano‭ ‬149‭(‬2‭)‬:293-324.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Cau‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Arduini‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.



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