Information AboutAlexornis |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT ALEXORNIS | |
| alexornithiformes | |
| cretaceous birds | |
| euenantiornithes | |
| genera of birds | |
''Alexornis'' is a Genus of Enantiornithine Bird from the Late Cretaceous ( Campanian , 84-71 Mya ) of southwestern North America . The Type and only Species is '''''Alexornis antecedens''''' ''' Alexander Wetmore + Ancient Greek ''ornis'', "bird". ''antecedens'', Latin for "preceding".. Fragmentary remains containing postcranial elements have been found in the Boca Roja Formation in Baja California state, Mexico . It was originally described as an early Modern Bird and a possible ancestor of the Order s Coraciiformes and Piciformes . Subsequent analysis showed that it was an enantiornithine. It is sometimes united in a distinct order and family (Alexornithiformes and Alexornithidae, respectively) with the Central Asia n genera '' Kizylkumavis '' and '' Sazavis '', but this is not usually considered correct and the relationship of these birds - which may or may not form a close-knit group - to other Enantiornithes is unresolved. REFERENCES
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