[D] Otogornis genghisi [~/~]
Describer
Hou, 1994
Time
?Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Avialae Ornithothoraces Enantiornithes
Fossilsite
Ordos Basin, Zidan Group, Yijinholuo Formation, Chabu Sumu, Otog Qi, Yikezhao-meng, (Nei Mongol Zizhigu), China
Info
Shoulder girdle, forelimb elements Holotype: IVPP V 9697 in addition with some flight feathers.
Ambiortus and Otogornis share a number of derived characters including: a thickened, three-edged acrocoracoid with an acute top; flat, wide humeral articular facet of the scapula; ventral position of a small, short, and oval articular head of the humerus; and a thin and long intermediate phlanx of the major wing digit. (Kurochkin, 2000)
Hou, 1994
Time
?Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Avialae Ornithothoraces Enantiornithes
Fossilsite
Ordos Basin, Zidan Group, Yijinholuo Formation, Chabu Sumu, Otog Qi, Yikezhao-meng, (Nei Mongol Zizhigu), China
Info
Shoulder girdle, forelimb elements Holotype: IVPP V 9697 in addition with some flight feathers.
Ambiortus and Otogornis share a number of derived characters including: a thickened, three-edged acrocoracoid with an acute top; flat, wide humeral articular facet of the scapula; ventral position of a small, short, and oval articular head of the humerus; and a thin and long intermediate phlanx of the major wing digit. (Kurochkin, 2000)