After Kurochkin, 1996
<==o †Enantiornithes Walker, 1981 |?- †Enantiornithes genera et species indet. [L. Cret. SWAs.] [Dalla Vecchia & Chiappe, 2002] |?- †Cerebavis cenomanica Kurochkin, Saveliev, Postnov, Pervushov, & Popov, 2006; U.Cret. EEu. |?- †Cuspirostrisornis jinfengi Hou, 1996 |?- †Eoenantiornis buhleri Hou, Zhou & Feduccia, 1999 |?- †Kuszholia mengi Nesov, 1992 [Kuszholiidae Nesov, 1992] |?- †Largirostrisornis sexdentornis Hou, 1996 |?- †Liaoxiornis delicatus Hou & Chen, 1999 |?- †Longchenornis sanyanensis Hou, 1996 |-- †Vorona berivotrensis Forster, Chiappe, Krause, & Sampson, 1996 `--o †Euenantiornithes |?- †Halimornis thompsoni Chiappe, Lamb Jr., & Ericson,, 2002 |?- †Protopteryx Zhang & Zhou, 2000 |-- †Eoalulavis hoyasi Sanz, Chiappe, Pérez-Moreno, Buscalioni, Moratalia, Ortega, & Poyato-Ariza, 1996 |--o Euornithiformes Kurochkin, 1996 [incl. Sinornithiformes Sereno & Rao, 1992, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz & Bonaparte, 1992, Cathyornithiformes Zhou, Jin & Zhang, 1992] | |-- †Noguerornis gonzalezi Lasaca-Ruiz, 1989 | |-- †Iberomesornis romelai Sanz & Bonaparte, 1992 | |-- †Concornis lacustris Sanz & Buscalioni, 1992 | |-- †Sinornis santensis Sereno & Rao, 1992 | |?- †Eocathyornis walkeri Zhou, 2002 | |-- †Cathayornis yandica Zhou, Jin & Zhang, 1992 [jr. synon. of Sinornis santensis Sereno & Rao, 1992??] | `-- †Bolouchia zhengi Zhou, 1995 `--o Axelornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976 [Gobipterygiformes Elzanowski, 1974, Enantiornithiformes Chiappe, 1992] |?- †Lectavis bretincola Chiappe, 1993 |?- †Yungavolucris brevipedalis Chiappe, 1993 |--o †Axelornithidae | |--o †Zhyraornis Nesov, 1984 [Zhyraornithidae Nesov, 1984] | | |-- †Z. kashkarovi Nesov, 1984 | | `-- ?†Z. logunovi Nesov, 1992 | |--o †“Gobipteryginae” Elzanowski, 1974 [new rank] | | |?- †Horezmavis eocretacea Nesov, 1983 [a gruiform?? (Kurochkin, 2000)] | | |-- †Nequerornis volans Chiappe vide Chiappe & Calvo, 1994 | | |-- †Lenesornis maltshevskyi (Nesov, 1986) | | |-- †Gobipteryx minuta Elzanowski, 1974 | | `--o †Nanantius Molnar, 1986 | | |-- †N. eos Molnar, 1986 | | `-- †N. valifanovi Kurochkin, 1996 | `--o †“Axelornithinae” Brodkorb, 1976 [new rank] | |-- †Axelornis antecedens Brodkorb, 1976 | |-- †Kizylkumavis cretacea Nesov, 1984 | `-- †Sazavis prisca Nesov, 1989 `--o Enantiornithidae Walker, 1981 |--o †Enantiornis Walker, 1981 | |-- †E. leali Walker, 1981 | |?- †E. walkeri Nesov & Panteleyev, 1993 | `?- †E. martini Nesov & Panteleyev, 1993 |-- †Gurilynia nessovi Kurochkin, 1999 `--o †“Avisaurinae” Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985 [new rank] |-- †Soroavisaurus australis Chiappe, 1993 `--o †Avisaurus Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985 |-- †A. sp. [under description by L. Martin] |-- †A. archibaldi Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985 `-- †A. gloriae Varricchio & Chiappe, 1995
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