New Material of Gansus yumenensis, a basal ornithurine bird

New Material of Early Cretaceous Gansus yumenensis, the first Mesozoic bird found in China, from the Lower Cretaceous (115 to 105 million years ago) Xiagou Formation near Changma, Gansu Province, northwestern China, as reported in the Vertebrata PalAsiatic 2011(4).

Fig.1: Furcula and sternum of Gansus yumenensis (Images by LI Yan)

Fig.2: Forelimbs of Gansus yumenensis (Images by LI Yan)

Fig.3: Hindlimbs and skin impression of Gansus yumenensis (Images by LI Yan)

Fig.4: Feet and web impression of Gansus yumenensis (Images by LI Yan)

 

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