Title
Important features of the dromaeosaurid skeleton 2 Information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis
Title Variants
Alternative:
Dromaeosaurid skeleton II
Alternative:
Information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3282
By
Norell, Mark A.
Makovicky, Peter J.
Mongolian-American Museum Paleontological Project.
Mongolyn ShinzhlÄ—kh Ukhaany Akademi.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c1999
Notes
Title from caption.
"December 8, 1999."
Specimens collected during the ongoing Mongolian Academy of Sciences-American Museum of Natural History Expeditions to the Gobi Desert.
The postcranial anatomy of several new specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis is described. This description concentrates on poorly known aspects of the skeleton of Velociraptor mongoliensis, including several features that are extremely similar to characters found in basal avialans like Archaeopteryx lithographica. Among these the pelvis and shoulder girdle display several characters such as a reduced antiliac shelf, a furcula, a scapula lying in a subhorizontal position relative to the dorsal column, and sternal plates that articulate with the coracoids. Some problematic features and conditions such as the hypopubic cup and the degree of opisthopuby are also discussed in relation to claims made about these features in regard to the origin of Avialae. Comparisons are made between Velociraptor mongoliensis and the enigmatic maniraptoran Unenlagia comahuensis"--P. [1].
Subjects
Dromaeosauridae
,
Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China)
,
Mongolia
,
Paleontology
,
Reptiles, Fossil
,
Velociraptor mongoliensis
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3282, 1999
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
43034093
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