@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref20984,
author = {Darren Naish and Gareth Dyke and Andrea Cau and Fran?ois Escuilli?},
title = {A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia.},
year = {2012},
keywords = {Aves; Kazakhstan; Neornithes; anatomy; phylogeny},
doi = {10.1098/rsbl.2011.0683},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21835881},
pmid = {21835881},
journal = {Biology Letters},
volume = {8},
number = {1},
pages = {97--100},
abstract = {We describe an enormous Late Cretaceous fossil bird from Kazakhstan, known from a pair of edentulous mandibular rami (greater than 275 mm long), which adds significantly to our knowledge of Mesozoic avian morphological and ecological diversity. A suite of autapomorphies lead us to recognize the specimen as a new taxon. Phylogenetic analysis resolves this giant bird deep within Aves as a basal member of Ornithuromorpha. This Kazakh fossil demonstrates that large body size evolved at least once outside modern birds (Neornithes) and reveals hitherto unexpected trophic diversity within Cretaceous Aves.}
}
Citation for Study 13008
Citation title:
"A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia.".
Study name:
"A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia.".
This study is part of submission 13008
(Status: Published).
Citation
Naish D., Dyke G., Cau A., & Escuilli? F. 2012. A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia. Biology Letters, 8(1): 97-100.
Authors
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Naish D.
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Dyke G.
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Cau A.
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Escuilli? F.
Abstract
We describe an enormous Late Cretaceous fossil bird from Kazakhstan, known from a pair of edentulous mandibular rami (greater than 275 mm long), which adds significantly to our knowledge of Mesozoic avian morphological and ecological diversity. A suite of autapomorphies lead us to recognize the specimen as a new taxon. Phylogenetic analysis resolves this giant bird deep within Aves as a basal member of Ornithuromorpha. This Kazakh fossil demonstrates that large body size evolved at least once outside modern birds (Neornithes) and reveals hitherto unexpected trophic diversity within Cretaceous Aves.
Keywords
Aves; Kazakhstan; Neornithes; anatomy; phylogeny
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref20984,
author = {Darren Naish and Gareth Dyke and Andrea Cau and Fran?ois Escuilli?},
title = {A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia.},
year = {2012},
keywords = {Aves; Kazakhstan; Neornithes; anatomy; phylogeny},
doi = {10.1098/rsbl.2011.0683},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21835881},
pmid = {21835881},
journal = {Biology Letters},
volume = {8},
number = {1},
pages = {97--100},
abstract = {We describe an enormous Late Cretaceous fossil bird from Kazakhstan, known from a pair of edentulous mandibular rami (greater than 275 mm long), which adds significantly to our knowledge of Mesozoic avian morphological and ecological diversity. A suite of autapomorphies lead us to recognize the specimen as a new taxon. Phylogenetic analysis resolves this giant bird deep within Aves as a basal member of Ornithuromorpha. This Kazakh fossil demonstrates that large body size evolved at least once outside modern birds (Neornithes) and reveals hitherto unexpected trophic diversity within Cretaceous Aves.}
}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 20984
AU - Naish,Darren
AU - Dyke,Gareth
AU - Cau,Andrea
AU - Escuilli?,Fran?ois
T1 - A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia.
PY - 2012
KW - Aves; Kazakhstan; Neornithes; anatomy; phylogeny
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21835881
N2 - We describe an enormous Late Cretaceous fossil bird from Kazakhstan, known from a pair of edentulous mandibular rami (greater than 275 mm long), which adds significantly to our knowledge of Mesozoic avian morphological and ecological diversity. A suite of autapomorphies lead us to recognize the specimen as a new taxon. Phylogenetic analysis resolves this giant bird deep within Aves as a basal member of Ornithuromorpha. This Kazakh fossil demonstrates that large body size evolved at least once outside modern birds (Neornithes) and reveals hitherto unexpected trophic diversity within Cretaceous Aves.
L3 - 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0683
JF - Biology Letters
VL - 8
IS - 1
SP - 97
EP - 100
ER -