Euavialae

Euavialans; Temporal range: ; Early Cretaceous–Present,
	Fossil specimen of a juvenile Jixiangornis orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Avialae
Clade:	Euavialae; Ji et al., 2002
Subgroups
	†Jeholornithidae; Avebrevicauda;

Euavialae (meaning "true winged birds") is a group of theropods which includes all avialan species more closely related to modern birds than to the basal, long-tailed avialans Archaeopteryx and Shenzhouraptor.[1]

References

Ji, Q.; Ji, S.; Zhang, H.; You, H.; Zhang, J.; Wang, L.; Yuan, C. & Ji, X. (2002): A new avialan bird - Jixiangornis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. - from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, NE China. Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences) 38(6): 723-736 [in Chinese with English abstract].

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[jixiangornis2002-1] Ji, Q.; Ji, S.; Zhang, H.; You, H.; Zhang, J.; Wang, L.; Yuan, C. & Ji, X. (2002): A new avialan bird - Jixiangornis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. - from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, NE China. Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences) 38(6): 723-736 [in Chinese with English abstract].