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Enaliornis
| Enaliornis Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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Extinct (fossil)
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Enaliornis barretti |
Enaliornis is a genus of hesperornithine bird which lived in the Early Cretaceous. Fossils have been found at Cambridge (England), making this the oldest known hesperornithine.
Two species have been described: Enaliornis barretti and Enaliornis sedgwicki. Together, they are
the only birds currently assigned to the family Enaliornithidae. However, the
presumed hesperornithine Potamornis from the Late
Cretaceous Lance Formation of Buck Creek
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