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Wyleyia is a prehistoric genus with a single species, W. valdensis, known from the Early Cretaceous of England. It has been named to honor J. F. Wyley, who found the imperfect humerus of the specimen in the Weald Clay deposits of Henfield, Sussex, England. Once believed by some to be from a non-avialan coelurosaur, it is now generally accepted as an early bird, although its exact systematic position is unresolved. It may be enantiornithine or an early neornithine palaeognathe.
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- Harrison, C.J.O. & Walker, C.A. (1973): Wyleyia: a new bird humerus from the Lower Cretaceous of England. Palaeontology 16(4): 721-728. PDF fulltext
