Cuspirostrisornis Hou, 1997
Cuspirostrisornis Hou, 1997
(Mesozoic birds of China. Publisher unknown, Place of publication not given: 153.
NcZ) "pointed-rostrum bird"
KUH-spi-ros-tri-SOR-nis
(Lat. cuspirostris "having a pointed rostrum" + Gr. ornis "bird")
(m) referring to the long and slender rostrum on an enantiornithine toothed bird about the size
of large sparrow; known from a complete, mostly articulated skeleton with skull
(Holotype: IVPP V. 10897) found in the Jiufotang Formation at Boluochi, Chaoyang County,
Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Skull 2.7 cm long, 5 teeth on each side
of the premaxillary and tip of lower jaws; lower jaw slender and straight; humerus 2.9 cm long,
with large internal condyle; ulna 3.2 cm long; radius 2.95 long; sternum has manubium
and relatively developed keel; femur 2.73 cm long with large internal condyle;
tibiotarsus 3.25 cm long; tarsometatarsus 1.9 cm long; toe-claws large and recurved.
Type Species: Cuspirostrisornis houi [HOH-ie] Hou, 1997: for Hou Jifeng, senior engineer
with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (Beijing).
Enantiornithes Cuspirostrisornithidae Early Cretaceous (?Barremian) China [2/2000]
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