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