Large fossil birds from a Late Cretaceous marine turbidite sequence on Hornby Island (British Columbia)
Large fossil birds from a Late Cretaceous marine turbidite sequence on Hornby Island (British Columbia)
eastern margin of the Pacific Ocean. Here, we describe additional remains of Late Cretaceous birds from a deep-water marine turbidite sequence of the Northumberland Formation exposed on Hornby Island, British Columbia. The bones described here are referable (based on hypothesized autapomorphies) to the Cretaceous avian lineages Enantiornithes and Ornithurae and fall into at least two size classes within either lineage. This suggests the presence of multiple taxa occurring within the Northumberland Formation.
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Dyke, Gareth
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Wang, Xia
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Kaiser, Gary
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November 2011
Dyke, Gareth
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Wang, Xia
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Kaiser, Gary
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Dyke, Gareth, Wang, Xia and Kaiser, Gary
(2011)
Large fossil birds from a Late Cretaceous marine turbidite sequence on Hornby Island (British Columbia).
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 48 (11), .
(doi:10.1139/e11-050).
Abstract
eastern margin of the Pacific Ocean. Here, we describe additional remains of Late Cretaceous birds from a deep-water marine turbidite sequence of the Northumberland Formation exposed on Hornby Island, British Columbia. The bones described here are referable (based on hypothesized autapomorphies) to the Cretaceous avian lineages Enantiornithes and Ornithurae and fall into at least two size classes within either lineage. This suggests the presence of multiple taxa occurring within the Northumberland Formation.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 6 October 2011
Published date: November 2011
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Ocean Biochemistry & Ecosystems
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