Enantiophoenix
Extinct genus of enantiornithean birds
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Enantiophoenix is an extinct genus of enantiornithean birds known from fossil remains recovered from the Sannine Formation of Lebanon. Lumps of amber preserved with one specimen indicate it may have fed on tree sap.[1]
| Enantiophoenix Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Family: | †Avisauridae |
| Genus: | †Enantiophoenix Cau & Arduini, 2008 |
| Species: | †E. electrophyla |
| Binomial name | |
| †Enantiophoenix electrophyla Cau & Arduini, 2008 | |
