The ''ornithurine'' from the lower Cretaceous of Changji, Xinjiang (China): Bird or pterosaur?

被引：8
作者：
Buffetaut, E
机构：
[1] URA 1761 du CNRS, Lab. de Paleontol. des Vertebres, Université Paris 6, 75252 Paris Cedex 05
来源：
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH | 1996年 / 17卷 / 04期
关键词：
Early Cretaceous; Xinjiang; China; Pterosauria; Aves; reinterpretation;
D O I：
10.1006/cres.1996.0030
中图分类号：
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号：
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要：
A tibia with a fused fibula from the Lower Cretaceous of Changji (Xinjiang, China), originally interpreted as possibly belonging to an ornithurine bird, is redescribed and interpreted as belonging to a dsungaripterid pterosaur. (C) 1996 Academic Press Limited
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页数：4
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