New bird remains from the Middle Eocene of Guangdong, China

被引：12
作者：
Wang, Min [1 ,2 ]
Mayr, Gerald [3 ]
Zhang, Jiangyong [1 ,2 ]
Zhou, Zhonghe [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
[3] Forschungsinst Senckenberg, Sekt Ornithol, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany
来源：
ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA | 2012年 / 57卷 / 03期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Aves; Ciconiiformes; Threskiornithidae; Middle Eocene; China; PHYLOGENETIC AFFINITIES; AVES; OSTEOLOGY; FORM;
D O I：
10.4202/app.2011.0061
中图分类号：
Q91 [古生物学];
学科分类号：
0709 ; 070903 ;
摘要：
We describe a new avian taxon (Sanshuiornis zhangi gen. et sp. nov.) from Middle Eocene black oil shales in the Huayong Formation of Guangdong Province, south China. The specimen consists of a distal tibiotarsus and a complete foot with tarsometatarsus and pedal digits in articulation. A preliminary phylogenetic analysis does not resolve the affinities of the fossil, but the bones show resemblances to some "ciconiiform" birds. The peculiar hypotarsus morphology, which is block-like and exhibits four cristae, resembles that of the early Eocene Rhynchaeites, which is a stem group representative of the Threskiornithidae. The new Chinese fossil has, however, proportionally longer legs than Rhynchaeites and its phylogenetic affinities probably cannot be resolved without further material.
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页码：519 / 526
页数：8
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