期刊
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY
卷 18, 期 18, 页码 1481-1495出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2020.1748133
关键词
Bohaiornithidae; postorbital; cranial evolution; Early Cretaceous
资金
- UNE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) [183110]
- Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS [ZDBS-LY-DQC002]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41688103]
Bohaiornithidae is currently the most diverse recognized family of Early Cretaceous enantiornithines, with unique morphology of the rostrum and pedal digits. Here we describe a second specimen of the bohaiornithid Longusunguis kurochkini from the Jiufotang Formation. This specimen provides new anatomical information regarding this taxon, in particular clarifying uncertain aspects of enantiornithine cranial morphology. The rarely preserved postorbital is completely preserved on both sides of the skull, confirming the presence of a complete postorbital bar in some enantiornithines. This suggests that the plesiomorphic diapsid skull was retained by at least some basal enantiornithines and the infratemporal fenestra in Ornithothoraces may have been lost independently multiple times, providing a better understanding of cranial evolution from non-avian dinosaurs to modern birds.
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