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RE: Paleobirding in China 125 million years ago



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

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> 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