Important features of the dromaeosaurid skeleton 2 Information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis

Title Variants

Alternative: Dromaeosaurid skeleton II

Alternative: Information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3282

By

Norell, Mark A.

Makovicky, Peter J.
Mongolian-American Museum Paleontological Project.
Mongolyn Shinzhlėkh Ukhaany Akademi.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c1999

Notes

Title from caption.

"December 8, 1999."

Specimens collected during the ongoing Mongolian Academy of Sciences-American Museum of Natural History Expeditions to the Gobi Desert.

The postcranial anatomy of several new specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis is described. This description concentrates on poorly known aspects of the skeleton of Velociraptor mongoliensis, including several features that are extremely similar to characters found in basal avialans like Archaeopteryx lithographica. Among these the pelvis and shoulder girdle display several characters such as a reduced antiliac shelf, a furcula, a scapula lying in a subhorizontal position relative to the dorsal column, and sternal plates that articulate with the coracoids. Some problematic features and conditions such as the hypopubic cup and the degree of opisthopuby are also discussed in relation to claims made about these features in regard to the origin of Avialae. Comparisons are made between Velociraptor mongoliensis and the enigmatic maniraptoran Unenlagia comahuensis"--P. [1].

Subjects

Dromaeosauridae , Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) , Mongolia , Paleontology , Reptiles, Fossil , Velociraptor mongoliensis

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3282, 1999

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 43034093