Aberratiodontus

Taxobox
name = "Aberratiodontus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Enantiornithes?
superordo = Euenantiornithes?
ordo = Aberratiodontuiformes (disputed)
ordo_authority =
familia = Aberratiodontuidae (disputed)
genus = "Aberratiodontus"
genus_authority =
species = "A. wui"
binomial = "Aberratiodontus wui"
binomial_authority =

"Aberratiodontus" was a presumed enantiornithine bird which lived in the Early Cretaceous. The single species "Aberratiodontus wui" is sometimes considered a distinct order and family from other Euenantiornithes due to its peculiar teeth. Most scientists, due to the uncertainties of enantiornithine phylogeny, consider this premature however and place the present species as a euenantiornithine "incertae sedis", or even entirely outside the Enantiornithes.

It is known from a complete skeleton, with some remains of feathers still visible. These have been found in rocks of the Jiufotang Formation of Shangheshou, PRC. "A. wui" had a well-developed sternum and consequently was likely a good flyer.

External links

* [http://www.dinosaur.net.cn/museum/images/Aberratiodontus.jpgSpecimen photo] . Sternum outlined in white. Retrieved 2007-AUG-22.
* [http://www.dinosaur.net.cn/museum/images/Aberratiodontus_skull.jpgPhoto of skull with teeth] . Retrieved 2007-AUG-22.
*The Dinosauricon: [http://dino.lm.com/images/display.php?id=1944 Drawing of skull bones as found] . By Michael Mortimer. Retrieved 2007-AUG-22.
*The Dinosauricon: [http://dino.lm.com/images/display.php?id=1948 Reconstruction of skull] . By Michael Mortimer. Retrieved 2007-AUG-22.
*The Dinosauricon: [http://dino.lm.com/images/display.php?id=2132 Reconstruction of bird in life] . By Brad McFeeters. Retrieved 2007-AUG-22.