Enantiornithes |
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| Editor:
| Miller, Frederic P.
Vandome, Agnes F.
John, McBrewster |
| ISBN: | 978-613-0-93602-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Publisher: | AV Akademikerverlag GmbH & Co. KG
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $48.00 |
Book Description:
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Enantiornithes is an extinct group of primitive birds. They were the most abundant and diverse avialans of the Mesozoic. Almost all retained teeth and clawed hands, like other primitive birds. Enantiornithines are thought to have left no living descendants. See protobirds. A consensus of scientific analyses indicates that Enantiornithes is one of two major...
More DescriptionPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Enantiornithes is an extinct group of primitive birds. They were the most abundant and diverse avialans of the Mesozoic. Almost all retained teeth and clawed hands, like other primitive birds. Enantiornithines are thought to have left no living descendants. See protobirds. A consensus of scientific analyses indicates that Enantiornithes is one of two major sister groups of derived birds. The other group is the Ornithurae, which includes all living birds as a subset. This means that Enantiornithines are a successful branch of bird evolution, but one that diversified entirely separately from the lineage leading to modern birds. This consensus has never been universally accepted and is being challenged by new studies, so that it is possible that enantiornithines may actually represent successive outgroups on the lineage leading to modern birds. See Apsaravis.