Gargantuavis philoinos: Giant bird or giant pterosaur?

被引：10

作者：

Buffetaut, Eric ^{[1
]}

Le Loeuff, Jean ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Ecole Normale Super, Geol Lab, UMR CNRS 8538, F-75231 Paris 05, France

[2] Musee Dinosaures, F-11260 Esperaza, France

来源：

ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE | 2010年 / 96卷 / 04期

关键词：

Gargantuavis; Ayes; Pterosauria; Late Cretaceous; France;

D O I：

10.1016/j.annpal.2011.05.002

中图分类号：

Q91 [古生物学];

学科分类号：

0709 ; 070903 ;

摘要：

Gargantuavis philoinos was described as a giant terrestrial bird on the basis of various postcranial elements (synsacrum and pelvis, femur) from Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) localities in Southern France. It has recently been suggested that these remains in fact belong to giant pterosaurs. A detailed comparison between bones referred to Gargantuavis and the corresponding skeletal elements of pterosaurs reveals considerable differences and confirms the avian nature of Gargantuavis. The broad pelvis of Gargantuavis is similar to that of various extinct graviportal terrestrial birds. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：135 / 141

页数：7

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