Apart from this enigmatic bird, the fossil record of the Ostriches continues with several species of the modern genus Struthio which are known from the Early Miocene onwards.

Others apparently lived in close association with the enigmatic genus Eldonia.

* ( 2008 ): Phylogenetic position of the enigmatic genus Psilorhynchus ( Ostariophysi: Cypriniformes ): Evidence from the mitochondrial genome.

The enigmatic waterbird genus Juncitarsus, however, may be close to a common ancestor of flamingos and grebes.

Moreover, Sylvia, the type genus of the Sylvidae, turned out to be closer to taxa such as the Yellow-eyed Babbler ( Chrysomma sinense ) ( traditionally held to be an atypical timaliid ) and the Wrentit ( Chamaea fasciata ), an enigmatic species generally held to be the only American Old World babbler.

* Melampitta, an enigmatic genus of birds placed by some authors in Paradisaeidae

Molecular studies find support for few close relatives, and they are treated as a family at present, although it has been suggested that they form a clade with two enigmatic species in the genus Modulatrix.

The most enigmatic species of the genus, the Large-billed Reed Warbler ( A. orinus ), was rediscovered in Thailand on March, 2006.

While the genus Coraciacarus has a wide range of hosts globally, the presence of a representative of the genus on a passerine bird was an " enigmatic phenomenon ".

There are also two enigmatic species from the Ediacaran period-Ausia fenestrata from the Nama Group of Namibia and a second new Ausia-like genus from the Onega Peninsula, White Sea of northern Russia.

This is also supported by the enigmatic Chinese genus Sciurotamias, which may be the most ancient living lineage of this group, or — if the chipmunks are not included here — close to the common ancestor of the Tamiini and the Marmotini sensu stricto.

The enigmatic genus Anatalavis ( Hornerstown Late Cretaceous or Early Paleocene of New Jersey, USA-London Clay Early Eocene of Walton-on-the-Naze, England ) is sometimes considered to be the earliest known anseranatid.

The enigmatic genus Anatalavis ( Hornerstown Late Cretaceous or Early Paleocene of New Jersey, USA-London Clay Early Eocene of Walton-on-the-Naze, England ) is sometimes considered to be the earliest known anseranatid.

The relationships of the enigmatic Geochen rhuax to this genus are unresolved.

Glaresis is a genus of beetles, sometimes called " enigmatic scarab beetles ", in its own family, the Glaresidae.

The enigmatic genus Tridentaforma is sometimes placed here and assumed to be close to Lampronia, while other authors consider it incertae sedis among the closely related family Adelidae.

The White-winged Wood Duck, on the other hand-which has sometimes been allied with the enigmatic Hartlaub's Duck ( Madge & Burns, 1987 )-should according to the molecular analysis moved to its old genus, Asarcornis, and could in fact be a peculiar diving duck.

For many years, the enigmatic fossils of Scelidosaurus caused some debate over the classification of the genus.

Due to the problematic and enigmatic nature of these attestations, scholars have produced various theories about the nature of the god, including his apparent relation to rams, that he may be a personification of or connected to the world tree Yggdrasil, and potential Indo-European cognates.

The enigmatic Minoan Phaistos Disc of 1800 – 1600 BC has been considered by one scholar as an early example of a body of text being reproduced with reusable characters: it may have been produced by pressing pre-formed hieroglyphic " seals " into the soft clay.

As endometriosis can lead to anatomical distortions and adhesions ( the fibrous bands that form between tissues and organs following recovery from an injury ), the causality may be easy to understand ; however, the link between infertility and endometriosis remains enigmatic when the extent of endometriosis is limited.

Other species — most of the New World quails ( also known as the toothed quails ), the enigmatic Stone Partridge ( Ptilopachus petrosus ) of Africa, guineafowl and eared pheasants ( Crossoptilon )— are all notable for their daily excursions on foot which may take them many miles in a given day.

Although they do not look like torii and serve a different function, these " bird perches " show how birds in several Asian cultures are believed to have magic or spiritual properties, and may therefore help explain the enigmatic literal meaning of the torii's name (" bird perch ").

The enigmatic Kagu may not be a gruiform

Three enigmatic genera of waterfowl, Mionetta from the Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene of central Europe and Dunstanetta and Manuherikia from the Bathans Early / Middle Miocene of Otago, New Zealand, show some similarities to oxyurine ducks and judging from biogeography, the latter two may plausibly be related.

The character of Tracy is not as well defined as some other female leads in the Bond canon, but Benson points out that that it may be the enigmatic quality that Bond falls in love with.

The enigmatic trace fossil Climactichnites may represent an earlier still terrestrial trace, perhaps made by a slug-like organism.

" Hugh Kenner, in 1971, explained that Keats " interrogates an urn, and answers for it, and its last answer, about Beauty and Truth, may seem almost intolerably enigmatic ".

They may be the " oldest and most enigmatic groups of fishes alive today ".

Enigma, aenigma, or enigmatic may also refer to:

", which may attribute the whole key to the understanding of the " Fama " to the enigmatic character described as " R. C.

WWE described him as being " As devastating and intense as any Superstar who stepped through the ropes ...", further saying that " The Ultimate Warrior may be the most enigmatic man to ever hold the WWE Championship.

The book depicts a manned mission to Titan — the enigmatic moon of Saturn — which has a thick atmosphere and a chemical makeup that some think may contain the building blocks of life.

This peculiar duck may be most closely related to the shelducks but its relationships are enigmatic.

Another group, Nematophytes, remains enigmatic, but may represent aquatic land plants.

--- The enigmatic conodonts may turn out to be primal vertebrates.

Dörpfeld may also have felt that the difficulty of crossing the narrow causeway was referred to in Homer ’ s enigmatic and repeated jest, “ For nowise, methinks, didst thou come hither on foot .” Homer, Odyssey 14. 190 ,, 16. 224.

The dedication is to Shetland's patron saint, the enigmatic Saint Ninian of Galloway, who is also widely venerated on the nearby Orkney Islands, and may be commemorated in the name of North Ronaldsay.

Archaeologist Gabriel Barkay, who excavated the site in 1984, says the ancient name of the site may have been MMST, one of four enigmatic words that appear on the handles.

He and Exedore also suspected that the mythology of the enigmatic planet Haydon, that they have been researching, may yet have an ultimate part to play in the way that The Shapings play out.

In the alternative account of the origin of Typhon ( Typhoeus ), the Homeric Hymn to Apollo makes the monster Typhaon at Delphi a son of archaic Hera in her Minoan form, produced out of herself, like a monstrous version of Hephaestus or Mars, and whelped in a cave in Cilicia and confined there in the enigmatic Arima, or land of the Arimoi, en Arimois ( Iliad, ii.

An enigmatic form based on a coracoid found in Pliocene deposits of New Providence, Bahamas, has been described as Bathoceleus hyphalus and probably also is a woodpecker.

Sheridan appears to have survived in one form or another, and meets Lorien, an enigmatic being living below the surface of Z ' Ha ' Dum.

This " graffiti " gave the station an even more enigmatic feel, and by 2000 nearly every inch of the facility had been " personalized " in one form or another.

As in the original, the player takes on the enigmatic form of a large floating green hand which moves around the map picking things up, dropping them, casting spells and interacting with specific items.

* Mirror ( Transformers ), the combined form of the Mini-Cons Rook and Crosswise, the partners of the enigmatic Sideways

Most do not fit the usual pattern of koans, but they do tend to follow the form of being short, enigmatic, and often revealing an epiphany.

The movement, in obvious sonata form, opens with the characteristic ' Bruckner rhythm ' played in the violins, though Bruckner is careful to maintain the enigmatic atmosphere by indicating a bowing that keeps the bow on the string and therefore prohibits the rhythmic figure from becoming too lively.