Euornithes

Euornithes
Temporal range:
Early CretaceousPresent,
Fossil specimen of Hongshanornis longicresta
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Ornithothoraces
Clade: Euornithes
Stejneger, 1884
Subgroups

Euornithes (from Greek ευόρνιθες euórnithes meaning "true birds") is a natural group which includes the most recent common ancestor of all avialans closer to modern birds than to Sinornis.

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