[D] Gurilynia nessovi [~/~]
Describer
Kurochkin, 1999
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Avialae Ornithothoraces Enantiornithes
Fossilsite
Nemegt Formation, Guriliin Tsav locality, Bügün Tsav depression, Omnogov, Mongolia
Info
Shoulder girdle and forelimb elements.
Gurilynia nessovi collected in 1994 was a large enantiornithid characterized by the almost equal length of the ventral and dorsal portions of the humeral articular head, a very shallow cranial fossa in the middle of the proximal area of the cranial surface of the proximnal end of the humerus, the thick base of the deltopectoral crest, a very shallow caudal depression in the caudal surface of the proximal end of the humerus, the pointed ventral termination of the processus coracoideus, and a remarkably thin coracoidal neck between the shoulder end of the shaft. The width of the proximal end of the humerus is 26,2 mm distinctly larger than Enantiornis leali.