Bird remains from the Maastrichtian type area (Late Cretaceous)
Bird remains from the Maastrichtian type area (Late Cretaceous)
Remains of Late Cretaceous birds are rare, which is especially true for Europe and the type area of the Maastrichtian Stage (southeast Netherlands, northeast Belgium) in particular. In the present paper, we record new remains (isolated tarsometatarsus and radius) that document the presence of both enantiornithine and ornithurine birds in the Maastrichtian area. These fossils, although fragmentary, are important in view of their stratigraphic age: all bird remains discovered to date in the Maastricht area are amongst the youngest ‘non-modern’ avians known, originating from strata deposited less than 500,000 years prior to the end of the Cretaceous Period.
aves, enantiornithes, ornithurae, maastrichtian, late cretaceous, the netherlands, belgium
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Dyke, G.J.
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Schulp, A.S.
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Jagt, J.W.M.
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2008
Dyke, G.J.
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Schulp, A.S.
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Jagt, J.W.M.
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Dyke, G.J., Schulp, A.S. and Jagt, J.W.M.
(2008)
Bird remains from the Maastrichtian type area (Late Cretaceous).
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 87 (4), .
Abstract
Remains of Late Cretaceous birds are rare, which is especially true for Europe and the type area of the Maastrichtian Stage (southeast Netherlands, northeast Belgium) in particular. In the present paper, we record new remains (isolated tarsometatarsus and radius) that document the presence of both enantiornithine and ornithurine birds in the Maastrichtian area. These fossils, although fragmentary, are important in view of their stratigraphic age: all bird remains discovered to date in the Maastricht area are amongst the youngest ‘non-modern’ avians known, originating from strata deposited less than 500,000 years prior to the end of the Cretaceous Period.
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Published date: 2008
Keywords:
aves, enantiornithes, ornithurae, maastrichtian, late cretaceous, the netherlands, belgium
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Ocean Biochemistry & Ecosystems
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/205187
ISSN: 0016-7746
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G.J. Dyke
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A.S. Schulp
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J.W.M. Jagt
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