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Gobipteryx (from Gobi [referring to the Gobi
Desert where it was
first discovered], and Gr****
pteryx "wing") is a
genus of
prehistoric bird from the Campanian...
- bird groups. For example, the
first known species of Enantiornithes,
Gobipteryx minuta, was
originally considered a
paleognath related to
ostriches and...
-
second species,
Nanantius valifanovi, has
turned out to be a
synonym of
Gobipteryx minuta. N. eos was
initially only
known from an
incomplete but elongated...
- He
identified them as most
similar to
Gobipteryx minuta, so
scientists began referring to them as "
Gobipteryx eggs". In 1991, the
Russian paleontologist...
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recognized it as one of the few
known Cretaceous "land birds"
after Gobipteryx minuta (most
other Cretaceous birds at the time were
thought to be aquatic...
- in a
clade of
edentulous genera also
containing Gobipteryx. A
close relationship between Gobipteryx and
Yuornis was also
supported in the scientific...
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alvarezsaurids Kol and Shuvuuia;
ankylosaurid Minotaurasaurus;
birds Apsaravis and
Gobipteryx;
dromaeosaurid Tsaagan;
fellow oviraptorid Khaan;
troodontids Almas and...
- Mongolia. Paleontol. J. 47, 1252–1269. Elzanowski, A. (1977).
Skulls of
Gobipteryx (Aves) from the
Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia.
Results of the Polish-Mongolian...
-
extinct Cretaceous bird
clade Enantiornithes,
clustering with
Yuornis and
Gobipteryx, two
other edentulous birds with beaks. However, they
noted that due to...
- and the ****ociated
skeletal remains are
similar to the
enantiornithine Gobipteryx minuta (=Nanantius valifanovi). S.
sabathi eggs are
quite different from...
