First bird remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Peirópolis site, Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Geodiversitas

Paulo Andreas Buckup¹  Agustín G. Martinelli¹  Carlos Roberto A. Candeiro¹  Federico Agnolin¹ 

关键词: Aves;    Enantiornithes;    Bauru Group;    Late Cretaceous;    Minas Gerais;    Brazil;    Aves;    Enantiornithes;    Groupe Bauru;    Crétacé supérieur;    Minas Gérais;    Brésil;   

DOI  :  10.5252/g2012n3a8

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Museum National d Histoire Naturelle

【 摘 要 】

WereportonthefirstoccurrenceofMaastrichtianbirdmaterialfromthePeirópolislocality(Uberabadistrict),MinasGeraisState(Brazil).Thespecimensconsistofanindeterminatepedalungualphalanx(CPP481),apedalphalanx1ofleftdigitII(CPP470)andanincompletemetatarsalIII(CPP482).ThematerialcanbeassignedtoAvesgen.etsp.indet.(CPP470andCPP481)andtocf.Enantiornithesgen.etsp.indet.(CPP482).Despitetheisolatedandincompletenessnatureofthesespecimens,theyaddtotheotherwisepoorrecordofCretaceousbirdsfromBrazil.

【 授权许可】

Unknown