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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 161-171Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA GEOLOGIA
DOI: 10.1590/23174889201500020001
Keywords
Cratoavis cearensis nov gen et sp.; Araripe Basin; Fossil bird
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- Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Fundacao Coordenacao de Projetos Pesquisas e Estudos Tecnologicos (COPPETEC)
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnica, CONICET
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The fossil record of birds in Gondwana is almost restricted to the Late Cretaceous. Herein we describe a new fossil from the Araripe Basin, Cratoavis cearensis nov. gen et sp., composed of an articulated skeleton with feathers attached to the wings and surrounding the body. The present discovery considerably extends the temporal record of the Enantiornithes birds at South America to the Early Cretaceous. For the first time, an almost complete and articulated skeleton of an Early Cretaceous bird from South America is documented.
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