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A true carinate bird from lower Cretaceous deposits in Mongolia and other evidence of early Cretaceous birds in Asia
Abstract
A partial, associated skeleton with feather impressions of a bird from early Cretaceous (Neocomian) deposits in Mongolia constitutes a new family and order (Ambiortidae, Ambiortiformes). The specimen presents a mosaic of archaic and specialised characters within the Class Aves and shows that advanced carinate birds existed some 10 to 12 million years after Archaeopteryx, lending tentative support to the idea that Archaeopteryx may not be...
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Title
A true carinate bird from lower Cretaceous deposits in Mongolia and other evidence of early Cretaceous birds in Asia
Published Date
Sep 1, 1985
Journal
Volume
6
Issue
3
Pages
271 - 278
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