Re: Mesozoic Neornitheans

[Mike Keesey <tmk@dinosaur.umbc.edu>]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Mickey Mortimer wrote:

> Mike Keesey wrote-
> 
> >Also, does anyone know where in Aves these animals belong? (Even something
> >as vague as "Ornithurae _incertae sedis_" would be helpful.)
> >
> >_Eurolimnornis_
> 
> I can't help you out on most of these but Eurolimnorins corneti is a member
> of the Neognathae according to Kurochkin (1995).
> 
> Kurochkin, 1995. Synopsis of Mesozoic birds and the early evolution of the
> class Aves. Archaeopteryx 13 47-66

An Early Cretaceous neognathan? That is interesting.

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