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An Early Cretaceous fossil bird from Montsec Mountain (Lleida, Spain)
Author(s) -
LacasaRuiz A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1989.tb00324.x
Subject(s) - cretaceous , geology , paleontology , outcrop , fauna , skull , pectoral girdle , feather , taphonomy , anatomy , biology , ecology
ABSTRACT From among fossil fauna and flora specimens discovered in the famous outcrop of lithographic limestone of Montsec Mountain (Lleida, Spain), from the Early Cretaceous, there is one specimen of a small incomplete bird skeleton. Only the bones of the left wing, the wish‐bone (furcula), feathers and some other fragmentary bones are preserved. It lacks the skull, backbone, pectoral region, pelvic girdle and hind legs.