The marine bird Asiahesperornis from the Cretaceous of northern Kazakhstan
The marine bird Asiahesperornis from the Cretaceous of northern Kazakhstan
Fossil bird material is exceptionally rare in the Mesozoic of western Asia. With the notable exception of the Upper Cretaceous foot-propelled diving bird Asiahesperornis bazhanovi from northern Kazakhstan, the only bird fossils described from this region have been bone fragments from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. In this paper, all material referred to date to the hesperornithiform Asiahesperornis is reviewed and re-described. New postcranial elements of this taxon from the holotype Kushmurun locality (Maastrichtian Zhuravlovskaya Svita) are presented, and the taxonomic history and likely affinities of this ocean-going bird are discussed.
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Dyke, Gareth J.
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Malakhov, D.V.
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Chiappe, L.M.
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December 2006
Dyke, Gareth J.
600ca61e-b40b-4c86-b8ae-13be4e331e94
Malakhov, D.V.
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Chiappe, L.M.
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Dyke, Gareth J., Malakhov, D.V. and Chiappe, L.M.
(2006)
The marine bird Asiahesperornis from the Cretaceous of northern Kazakhstan.
Cretaceous Research, 27 (6), .
(doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2006.05.001).
Abstract
Fossil bird material is exceptionally rare in the Mesozoic of western Asia. With the notable exception of the Upper Cretaceous foot-propelled diving bird Asiahesperornis bazhanovi from northern Kazakhstan, the only bird fossils described from this region have been bone fragments from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. In this paper, all material referred to date to the hesperornithiform Asiahesperornis is reviewed and re-described. New postcranial elements of this taxon from the holotype Kushmurun locality (Maastrichtian Zhuravlovskaya Svita) are presented, and the taxonomic history and likely affinities of this ocean-going bird are discussed.
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Published date: December 2006
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Ocean Biochemistry & Ecosystems
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/205225
ISSN: 0195-6671
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D.V. Malakhov
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