Neuquenornis
Neuquenornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Family: | †Avisauridae |
Genus: | †Neuquenornis Chiappe & Calvo 1994 |
Species: | †N. volans
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Binomial name | |
†Neuquenornis volans Chiappe & Calvo 1994
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Neuquenornis volans
Etymology
The naming means "Flying bird from Neuquén Province".[2] Neuquenornis, from Neuquén Province + Ancient Greek ornis (όρνις) "bird". volans, Latin for "flying" in reference to the species' well-developed wing skeleton.
Description
N. volans was described by Chiappe and Calvo in 1994. It was also mentioned in previous papers by Chiappe, but named only by its catalog number. The holotype fossil is catalogued as MUCPv-142. It is in the collection of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquen, Argentina. MUCPv-142, a skull and a partial postcranial remains, indicates an animal with a length of 23.5 cm (9.3 in), hip height of 17 cm (6.7 in), and weight of 205 g (7.2 oz).[3]
Phylogeny
Chiappe and Calvo (1994) placed N. volans in the
The cladogram below is from Wang et al., 2015:[5]
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The cladogram below is from Wang et al., 2022:[6]
Enantiornithes |
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Key to letters:
b = Boluochia
c = Cathayornis
e = Enantiophoenix
f = Houornis
h = Longipteryx
i = Parabohaiornis
j = Pterygornis
l = Vorona
m = Yuanjiawaornis
n = Yungavolucris
Paleobiology
Long legs with hooked claws were well suited for perching as well as for пathering food on ground or shallow water.[2] A nesting colony has been attributed to this bird, showcasing that it display megapode-like egg burial behaviour.[7]
References
- ^ Chiappe, Luis M.,Calvo, Jorge O. (1994) "Neuquenornis volans, a New Late Cretaceous Bird (Enantiornithes: Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina""Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology" Vol. 14, No. 2 (Jun. 22, 1994), pp. 230-246 https://www.jstor.org/stable/4523563
- ^ ISBN 9780988596504. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ISBN 9780691190594. Retrieved 29 August 2022.)
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- S2CID 83603202.
- S2CID 247432530.
- PMID 23613776.
Further reading
- Mortimer, Mickey (2004a): The Theropod Database: Phylogeny of taxa. Retrieved 2013-MAR-02.