Oldest Asian Hesperornithiform from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan

[Oxytropidoceras]

Amateur collectors in Japan discover country's first

and oldest fossil diving bird, Perot Museum of Nature

and Science, August 8, 2017

http://www.perotmuseum.org/about-the-perot/newsroom/news-releases/2017/08/chupkaornis-keraorum.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170808145449.htm

 

"Two brothers from a small town in Hokkaido, Japan,

made the discovery of their lives -- the first and

oldest fossil bird ever identified in their country.

Identified as a new species, it has been named

Chupkaornis keraorum."

 

The paper is:

 

Tanaka, T., Y. Kobayashi, K. Kurihara, A. R. Fiorillo, and

M. Kano. 2017. The oldest Asian hesperornithiform from

the Upper Cretaceous of Japan, and the phylogenetic

reassessment of Hesperornithiformes. Journal of

Systematic Palaeontology, 2017; 1

DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1341960

http://www.perotmuseum.org/media/files/Newsroom/2017/8.8.2017_Tanaka_et_al_2017_Chupkaornis.pdf

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.