An Early Cretaceous fossil bird from Montsec Mountain (Lleida, Spain) |
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| Authors: | A Lacasa-Ruiz |
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| Institution: | Institut d'Estudis Iilerdencs, Section of Palaeontology, Apartat 79, Lleida, Spain |
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| Abstract: | From among fossil fauna and flora specimens discovered in the famous outcrop of lithographic limestone of Montsec Mountain (Lleida, Spain), from the Early Cretaceous, there is one specimen of a small incomplete bird skeleton. Only the bones of the left wing, the wish-bone (furcula), feathers and some other fragmentary bones are preserved. It lacks the skull, backbone, pectoral region, pelvic girdle and hind legs. |
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