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- noun Plural form of
confuciusornithid .
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A complete postorbital bar is seen elsewhere in Mesozoic birds: confuciusornithids and the enantiornithine
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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But of course we know that feathers weren’t unique to ‘modern-type’ birds: they were also present in the basal birds of the Mesozoic (going all the way back to the archaeopterygids, and including a diverse aviary of yandangornithids, confuciusornithids, enantiornitheans, hesperornitheans and others) AND they were also present in non-avian maniraptoran theropods.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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But of course we know that feathers weren’t unique to ‘modern-type’ birds: they were also present in the basal birds of the Mesozoic (going all the way back to the archaeopterygids, and including a diverse aviary of yandangornithids, confuciusornithids, enantiornitheans, hesperornitheans and others) AND they were also present in non-avian maniraptoran theropods.
The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view Darren Naish 2006
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