Definitions
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- noun Any of a group of
extinct birds of the subclass Enantiornithes
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Examples
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Aberratiodontus - an odd enantiornithean from the Chinese Jiufutang Formation - has teeth lining both its upper and lower jaws, but is reported to have rather small teeth at the jaw tips (Gong et al. 2004).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Aberratiodontus - an odd enantiornithean from the Chinese Jiufutang Formation - has teeth lining both its upper and lower jaws, but is reported to have rather small teeth at the jaw tips (Gong et al. 2004).
The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view Darren Naish 2006
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But in the Yixian Formation enantiornithean Protopteryx (image at left: taken from Dinosaur. net.cn) there are just two conical, unserrated teeth in the premaxillae and two subtriangular teeth at the dentary tips (Zhang & Zhou 2000).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Other neat recent discoveries – from the Cretaceous – include the new Mongolian dromaeosaur Tsaagan mangas and the (allegedly) flightless enantiornithean Elsornis keni.
Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Long-skulled Longirostravis has ten small, conical teeth restricted entirely to its slim jaw tips (Hou et al. 2004) and short, conical teeth are similarly only at the jaw tips in another long-skulled enantiornithean, Longipteryx (Zhang et al. 2001).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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But in the Yixian Formation enantiornithean Protopteryx (image at left: taken from Dinosaur. net.cn) there are just two conical, unserrated teeth in the premaxillae and two subtriangular teeth at the dentary tips (Zhang & Zhou 2000).
The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view Darren Naish 2006
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Other neat recent discoveries – from the Cretaceous – include the new Mongolian dromaeosaur Tsaagan mangas and the (allegedly) flightless enantiornithean Elsornis keni.
The most inconvenient seal Darren Naish 2006
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Long-skulled Longirostravis has ten small, conical teeth restricted entirely to its slim jaw tips (Hou et al. 2004) and short, conical teeth are similarly only at the jaw tips in another long-skulled enantiornithean, Longipteryx (Zhang et al. 2001).
The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view Darren Naish 2006
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