Enantiophoenix

opposite Phoenician bird

• enantios · Greek · opposite (via Enantiornithes, 'opposite birds')
• phoenix · Greek · Phoenicia / the mythical phoenix bird

The name combines "Enantio-", taken from Enantiornithes (the "opposite birds" group it belongs to), with "phoenix", a reference to Phoenicia, the ancient name for the region that includes Lebanon, where the fossil was found. The phoenix is also a mythical bird, which fits a bird fossil.

Named by

Cau and Arduini

Year named

2008

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Cenomanian

Found in

Lebanon

Enantiophoenix is an enantiornithine bird. Birds are avian dinosaurs. The type species is E. electrophyla. It is known from a partial skeleton found in Lebanon. Details of its exact classification within Enantiornithes are limited.