Shengjingornis, new enantiornithine bird from China (free pdf)

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

From: Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

A new bird from China in Acta Geologica Sinica. The pdf can be
downloaded for free:

Li Li,  Wang Jinqi,  Zhang Xi &  Hou Shilin (2012)
A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang
Formation in Jinzhou Area, Western Liaoning Province, China.
Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 86(5):1039-1044
http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201205001&flag=1


A new Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from Liaoning Province of
northeastern China, Shengjingornis yangi, gen. et sp. nov., is
reported. This new bird possesses the following unique combination of
features: a long rostrum, with some teeth in the front; short nasal;
slender jugal; Y-shaped furcula, with expanded distal end of the
hypocleidum; cake-like sternum, with a low and caudally distributed
keel; strut-like and caudally concave coracoid. The derived features
of the scapula and the wings suggest a powerful flapping flight
capability.