re: K/T birds

[Tommy Tyrberg <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>]

>I just read the Natural History article about the Gondwanan origin of modern
>birds (VERY interesting, and I'd like to hear the List's opinions about the
>article).  My question is this, what bird types were there in Laurasia
that got
>killed by Chixulab?  In other words, what kinds of birds were still around at
>the end of the Cretaceous in Asiamerica?  I can think of _Avisaurus_, the
>hespernornithids, and the ichthyornithids, but that's it.  Were the
>confusiusornids still around?

>Thanks
>Dan

My own count of Late Cretaceous birds is below, it is probably incomplete:

Abavornis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)
Alexornis (Campanian, Mexico)
Alexornithidae sp. (Coniacian Uzbekistan)
Alvarezsaurus (Late Cretaceous, Argentina)
Apatornis (Campania, USA)
Apsaravis (Campanian/Maastrichtian Mongolia)
Asiahesperornis (Santonian/Campanian Kazakstan)
Avisaurus (Campanian, USA, Argentina)
Baptornis (Coniacian, USA)
Bradycneme (Maastrichtian, Romania)
Canadaga (Maastrichtian, Canada)
Catenoleimus (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)
Ceramornis (Maastrichtian, USA)
Cimolopteryx (Maastrichtian, USA)
Coniornis (Late Cretaceous, USA)
Elopteryx (Maastrichtian, Romania)
Enantiornis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan, Maastrichtian, Argentina)
Explorornis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)
Gargantuavis (Maastrichtian, France)
Gobipipus (Late Cretaceous, Mongolia)
Gobipteryx (Campanian, Mongolia)
Graculavus (Maastrichtian, USA)
Gurilynia (Cam/Maa Mongolia)
Heptasteornis (Maastrichtian, Romania)
Hesperornis (Coniacian/Campanian/Maastrichtian, Russia, Sweden, USA, Canada)
Hesperornithidae sp. (Late Cretaceous, Mongolia)
Hesperornithiformes n. fam. (Maastrichtian, USA, Kazakstan, Mongolia)
Ichthyornis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan, Campanian, USA)
Incolornis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)
Judinornis (Maastrichtian, Mongolia)
Kizylkumavis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)
Kuszholia (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)
Laornis (Maastrichtian, USA)
Lectavis (Maastrichtian, Argentina)
Lenesornis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)
Limenavis (Late Cretaceous, Argentina)
Lonchodytes (Maastrichtian, USA)
Mononykus (Late Cretaceous, Mongolia)
Nanantius (Campanian, Mongolia)
Neogaeornis (Late Cretaceous, Chile)
Neuquenornis (Coniacian/Santonian Argentina)
Palaeotringa (Maastrichtian, USA)
Parahesperornis (Campanian, USA)
Parascaniornis (Campanian, Sweden)
Pasquiaornis (Cenomanian, Canada)
Patagonykus (Late Cretaceous, Argentina)
Patagopteryx (Late Cretaceous, Argentina)
Platanavis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)
Polarornis (Maastrichtian, Antarctica)
Potamornis (Maastrichtian, USA)
Presbyornithidae sp. (Maastrichtian, Mongolia, Antarctica)
Rahonavis (Maastrichtian, Madagascar)
Sazavis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)
Shuvuia (Campanian, Mongolia)
Soroavisaurus (Maastrichtian, Argentina)
Telmatornis (Maastrichtian, USA)
Torotix (Maastrichtian, USA)
Tytthostonyx (Maastrichtian, USA)
Unenlagia (Late Cretaceous, Argentina)
Volgavis (Maastrichtian, Russia)
Vorona (Maastrichtian, Madagascar)
Yungavolucris (Maastrichtian, Argentina)
Zhyraornis (Coniacian, Uzbekistan)

Aves indet (China, India?, Korea, Kirgizstan, New Zealand, Ukraine?)