[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]
RE: Paleobirding in China 125 million years ago
- To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
- Subject: RE: Paleobirding in China 125 million years ago
- From: Mickey Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:11:23 -0700
- Authentication-results: msg-ip1.usc.edu; dkim=neutral (message not signed) header.i=none
- In-reply-to: <CAJ=SJBCZcHSTxhc75fLbwH=dKDnEL62-cbecTSy3QVLpr9q3rA@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <CAMR9O1LD9gXpbuDZfbPwdgvuVJqhr=+R7Okuir_xMn1t2w9SBA@mail.gmail.com>,<4F835017.4000902@gmx.at>,<CAJ=SJBCZcHSTxhc75fLbwH=dKDnEL62-cbecTSy3QVLpr9q3rA@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: mickey_mortimer111@msn.com
- Sender: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu
That's not Camptodontus' holotype (SG 2005 B1), it's a specimen O'Connor and
Chiappe (2011) refer to Longipteryx sp. (DNHM D2889). They're probably the
same taxon, but whether it's a different species than L. chaoyangensis, and if
so whether it's its sister taxon, requires more work to determine.
Mickey Mortimer
----------------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:54:47 -0400 >
From: martyniuk@gmail.com > To:
david.marjanovic@gmx.at > CC:
dinosaur@usc.edu > Subject: Re: Paleobirding in China
125 million years ago > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at
5:09 PM, David Marjanovic >
<david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote: > > I had
completely missed the fact that the teeth of *Longipteryx* were
this > > big! > > That's
actually a specimen previously referred to in the lit as >
_Longipteryx sp._ and later named _Camptodontus yangi_, though >
"Camptodontus" is preoccupied. Could be a growth stage of
_Longipteryx > chaoyangensis_, but overall even more similar to
_Boluochia_ in terms > of the big honkin'
teeth. > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at
5:36 PM, Ian Paulsen <birdbooker@zipcon.net>
wrote: > > HI: > > So I guess we need
A Field Guide to Fossil Birds! > > Stay tuned
:D > > Matt