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A quick enantiornithine sketch because yes and also bored but mostly because yes

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2022-06-01

Arambourgiania, a giant azhdarchid pterosaur, decked out in full breeding display regalia. However, only successful attracting a swarm of biting insects and a pair of enantiornithine birds attempting to catch them.

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2022-05-22

Longipterygidae is a group of birds famous for their long jaws with teeth only at the very end. As no member of the group has a fossil with a complete skull, we created reconstructions based on several specimens (different colors in the image).

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2022-05-12

Even though it's been a year, I still can't believe Enantiornithine birds, or at least one genus or enantiornithine bird, inhabited Madagascar during the Late Cretaceous. Makes you wonder if there were any genera/species that lived on the island and the African Continent.

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2021-11-30

Our latest issue is out! https://t.co/q8wu7GT69f
On the cover the pintail enantiornithine Yuanchuavis by (first spotted on twitter)
see the paper by & co here👇
https://t.co/ZoZJkOSpsq

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2021-11-09

🦖Congrats to my friends of and ! Looks great! "Dental replacement in Mesozoic birds: evidence from newly discovered Brazilian enantiornithinesn": https://t.co/YOH13a2kAR

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2021-10-01

The unnamed Enantiornithine species known from the Northumberland Formation flies inland to roost or perhaps nest in the much warmer but still temperate rainforests found near the coast of what is now the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia.

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2021-06-16

Today we have this paper from Xing et al., with more enantiornithine birds trapped in amber, pointing for an important diversity in the Burmese fauna.


https://t.co/CwcUpaypM7

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2020-07-17

RAM 2019026. A potential new Enantiornithine (at the very least an Avialan).

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2020-05-10

Next is Elektorornis, an enantiornithine bird found in amber with a highly elongated third digit adorned w/ scale filaments that were likely used for probing
https://t.co/5cKWS7h1Co

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2019-11-05

Taxa from the Myanmar amber deposits:
A) Xiaophis myanmarensis
B) Electrorana limoae
C) dinosaur-tail-in-amber
D) juvenile primitive chameleon
E) primitive Lizard
F) juvenile primitive gecko
G) lacertoid lizard
H) baby enantiornithine
I) Turdus merula silhouette
Scale bar, 10cm

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2019-02-20