Skip to main content
Log in

Morphology of the Coracoid of Late Cretaceous Enantiornithines (Aves: Enantiornithes) from Dzharakuduk (Uzbekistan)

  • Published:
Paleontological Journal Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Based on serial material from the Turonian of Dzharakuduk (central Kyzyl Kum, Uzbekistan), the morphology of coracoid of enantiornithines is described in detail. Variants of each morphological element are considered; this allows determination of the taxonomic position of enantiornithines even using small coracoid fragments.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Averianov, A.O., New records of azhdarchids (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia, Paleontol. Zh., 2007, no. 2, pp. 73–79.

    Google Scholar 

  • Baumel, J.J., Osteologia, in Nomina Anatomica Avium: An Annotated Anatomical Dictionary of Birds, Baumel, J.J., King, A.S., Lucas, A.M.,, Eds., London–New York–Toronto–Sydney–San Francisco: Acad. Press, 1979, pp. 53–121.

    Google Scholar 

  • Baumel, J.J. and Witmer, L.M., Osteologia, in Handbook of Avian Anatomy: Nomina Anatomica Avium, 2nd ed., Baumel, J.J., King, A.S., and Breazile, J.E., Eds., Cambridge, Mass.: Nuttall Ornithol. Club, 1993, pp. 45–132.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chiappe, L.M., Early avian evolution in the Southern Hemisphere: The fossil record of birds in the Mesozoic of Gondwana, Mem. Queensl. Mus., 1996, vol. 39, pp. 533–555.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chiappe, L.M. and Calvo, J.O., Neuquenornis volans, a new Late Cretaceous bird (Enantiornithes: Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina, J. Vertebr. Paleontol., 1994, vol. 14, pp. 230–246.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chiappe, L.M. and Walker, C.A., Skeletal morphology and systematics of the Cretaceous Euenantiornithes (Ornithothoraces: Enantiornithes), in Mesozoic Birds, above the Heads of Dinosaurs, Chiappe, L.M. and Witmer, L.M., Eds., Berkeley–Los Angeles–London: Univ. California Press, 2002, pp. 240–267.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dzerzhinsky, F.Ya., Avian skeleton, in Prakticheskaya zootomiya pozvonochnykh. Ptitsy. Mlekopitayushchie (Practical Vertebrate Zootomy: Birds and Mammals) Gurtovoi, N.N. and Dzerzhinsky, F.Ya., Eds., Moscow: Vysshaya Skol., 1992, pp. 62–99.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kurochkin, E.N., New large enantiornithids from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia (Aves, Enantiornithes), Tr. Zool. Inst. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1999, vol. 277, pp. 130–141.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kurochkin, E.N., A new enantiornithid of the Mongolian Late Cretaceous, and a general appraisal of the infraclass Enantiornithes (Aves), Moscow: Palaeontol. Inst. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1996.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nessov, L.A., Dinozavry Severnoi Evrazii: novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleogeografii (Dinosaurs of Northern Eurasia: New Data on Assemblages, Ecology, and Paleogeography), St. Petersburg: St. Peterb. Gos. Univ., 1995.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nessov, L.A., Nemorskie pozvonochnye melovogo perioda Severnoi Evrazii (Cretaceous Nonmarine Vertebrates of Northern Eurasia), St. Petersburg: Botan. Inst. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1997.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nessov, L.A. and Panteleyev, A.V., On the similarity of ornithofaunas from the Late Cretaceous of South America and western Asia, Tr. Zool. Inst. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1993, vol. 252, pp. 84–94.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norell, M.A. and Clarke, J.A., Fossil that fills a critical gap in avian evolution, Nature, 2001, vol. 409, pp. 181–184.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Panteleyev, A.V., New species of enantiornithines (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Central Kyzyl Kum, Russ. Ornitol. Zh., 1998. Ekspress-Vyp. 35, pp. 3–15.

    Google Scholar 

  • Panteleyev, A.V., The Late Cretaceous Enantiornithines of southwestern margin of ancient Asia, in VII International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems: Abstracts, Buenos Aires, 1999, p. 48.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rukovodstvo po zoologii (Handbook on Zoology): vol. 6. Pozvonochnye. Ptitsy (Vertebrates: Birds), Dement’ev, G.P., Ed., Moscow–Leningrad: Akad Nauk SSSR, 1940.

  • Sanz, J.L., Chiappe, L.M., and Buscalioni, A.D., The osteology of Concornis lacustris (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and a reexamination of its phylogenetic relationships, Am. Mus. Novit., 1995, no. 3133, pp. 1–23.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sanz, J.L., Chiappe, L.M., Perez-Moreno, B.P., et al., An Early Cretaceous bird from Spain and its implications for the evolution of avian flight, Nature, 1996, vol. 382, pp. 442–445.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shufeldt, R.W., The Myology of the Raven (Corvus corax sinuatus). a Guide to the Study of the Muscular System in Birds, London–New York: MacMillan and Co, 1890.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Sych, V.F., Morfologiya letatel’nogo apparata teterevinykh i fazanovykh ptits. Muskulatura i ee ekstra—i intraorgannaya innervatsiya (Morphology of the Flight Apparatus of Tetraonid and Phasianid Birds: Musculature and Its Extra- and Intraorgan Innervation), Kiev: Nauk. Dumka, 1985.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sych, V.F., Morfologiya lokomotornogo apparata ptits (Morphology of the Locomotor Apparatus of Birds), St. Petersburg–Ulyanovsk: Srednevolzhsk. Nauchn. Tsentr, 1999.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vrakin, V.F. and Sidorova, M.V., Anatomiya i gistologiya domashnei ptitsy (Anatomy and Histology of Poultry), Moscow: Kolos, 1984.

    Google Scholar 

  • Walker, C.A., New subclass of birds from the Cretaceous of South America, Nature, 1981, vol. 292, pp. 51–53.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wang, X., O’Connor, J.K., Zhao, B., et al., New species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China, Acta Geol. Sin., 2010, vol. 84, pp. 247–256.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yasuda, M., The Anatomical Atlas of Gallus, Tokyo: Univ. Tokyo Press, 2002.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zelenkov, N.V., Nomenclature for avian skeleton, in Iskopaemye pozvonochnye Rossii i sopredel’nykh stran. Iskopaemye reptilii i ptitsy. Chast’ 3 (Fossil Vertebrates of Russia and Adjacent Countries: Fossil Reptiles and Birds: Part 3) Kurochkin, E.N., Lopatin, A.V., and Zelenkov, N.V., Eds., Moscow: GEOS, 2015, pp. 61–85.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. V. Panteleev.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © A.V. Panteleev, 2018, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2018, No. 2, pp. 92–98.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Panteleev, A.V. Morphology of the Coracoid of Late Cretaceous Enantiornithines (Aves: Enantiornithes) from Dzharakuduk (Uzbekistan). Paleontol. J. 52, 201–207 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118020089

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118020089

Keywords

Navigation