Eoenantiornis
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Eoenantiornis was an enantiornithine bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous about 125 mya and is known from a single fossil
specimen found in the Yixian Formation
in Liaoning
province, People's Republic of China
. It is one of the oldest known advanced enantiornithines.
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
specimen found in the Yixian Formation
Yixian Formation
The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...
in Liaoning
Liaoning
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...
province, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. It is one of the oldest known advanced enantiornithines.