Title
An early ostrich dinosaur and implications for ornithomimosaur phylogeny
Title Variants
Alternative:
Toothed ornithomimosaur
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3420
By
Ji, Qiang
Norell, Mark A.
Makovicky, Peter J.
Gao, Keqin, 1955-
Ji, Shu-An.
Yuan, Chongxi.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2003
Notes
Caption title.
"October 29, 2003."
A new ornithomimosaur from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province Peoples̕ Republic of China is described. These beds are near the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary. This specimen is interesting because it has several primitive characters for ornithomimosaurs such as teeth and a short first metacarpal. This taxon is placed in a phylogenetic analysis of Coelurosauria and shown to be near the base of the ornithomimosaur clade. Using this phylogeny we comment on the biogeographic history of this group.
Subjects
China
,
Coeluridae
,
Cretaceous
,
Dinosaurs
,
Liaoning Sheng
,
Ornithomimidae
,
Paleontology
,
Phylogeny
,
Reptiles, Fossil
,
Shenzhousaurus orientalis
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3420 2003
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2003)420<0001:AEODAI>2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
53337148
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