Euavialae

Euavialans Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Present, 131–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil specimen of a juvenile Jixiangornis orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Avialae
Clade:	Euavialae Ji et al., 2002
Subgroups
†Jixiangornis Avebrevicauda

Euavialae (meaning "true winged birds") is a group of birds which includes all avialan species more closely related to modern birds, than to the primitive, long-tailed birds Archaeopteryx and Jeholornis.

Cladogram following the results of a phylogenetic study by Lefèvre et al., 2014:

†Aurornis

†Eosinopteryx

†Anchiornis

†Archaeopteryx

†Xiaotingia

†Rahonavis

†Jeholornis

†Jixiangornis

†Sapeornis

†Confuciusornithiformes

Ornithothoraces

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