Euavialae

Euavialae (meaning "true winged birds") is a group of theropods which includes all avialan species more closely related to modern birds than to the basal, long-tailed birds Archaeopteryx and Jeholornis.[1]

Euavialans
Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous–Present, 131–0 Ma
Fossil specimen of a juvenile Jixiangornis orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Euavialae
Ji et al., 2002
Subgroups

Cladogram following the results of a phylogenetic study by Lefèvre et al., 2014:[2]

Avialae
 

†Aurornis

 
 

†Eosinopteryx

 
 
 

†Anchiornis

 
 
 

†Archaeopteryx

 
 
 

†Xiaotingia

 
 
 

†Rahonavis

 
 
 

†Jeholornis

 
Euavialae
 

†Jixiangornis

 
Avebrevicauda
 

†Omnivoropterygiformes

 
Pygostylia
 

†Confuciusornithiformes

 
 

Ornithothoraces

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. Ji, Q.; Ji, S.; Zhang, H.; You, H.; Zhang, J.; Wang, L.; Yuan, C. & Ji, X. (2002): A new avialan bird - Jixiangornis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. - from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, NE China. Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences) 38(6): 723-736 [in Chinese with English abstract].
  2. Lefèvre, U.; Hu, D.; Escuillié, F. O.; Dyke, G.; Godefroit, P. (2014). "A new long-tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern China". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (3): 790–804. doi:10.1111/bij.12343.
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