A Redescription of the Ichnospecies Koreanaornis Anhuiensis (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Qiuzhuang Formation at Mingguang City, Anhui Province, China

Authors

Li-Da Xing, China University of Geoscience Beijing
Yuan-Chao Hu, Anhui Geological Museum
Jian-Dong Huang, Anhui Geological Museum
Qing He, Anhui University
Martin G. Lockley, University of Colorado, Denver
Michael E. Burns, Jacksonville State UniversityFollow
Jun Fang, China University of Geoscience Beijing

Department

Biology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-6-2017

Abstract

The Cretaceous bird trackway originally labeled Aquatilavipes anhuiensis, in 1994, had previously been examined, photographed and replicated, but never described or illustrated in detail. However, it has been part of a widening discussion about the distribution of Aquatilavipes and Koreanaornis in China (and Korea). Here we illustrate and formally describe the holotype in detail and assign it to Koreanaornis (Koreanaornis anhuiensis) as informally proposed by previous authors. We also demonstrate that most authenticated reports of Koreanaornis, including the Anhui occurrence, are from the Lower Cretaceous, not from the Upper Cretaceous as previously reported.

Publication/Presentation Information

Xing, L., et al. A redescription of the ichnospecies Koreanaornis anhuiensis (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Qiuzhuang Formation at Mingguang city, Anhui Province, China. Journal of Palaeogeography, 2018, 7(1): 58e65 (00138)

Recommended Citation

Xing, Li-Da; Hu, Yuan-Chao; Huang, Jian-Dong; He, Qing; Lockley, Martin G.; Burns, Michael E.; and Fang, Jun, "A Redescription of the Ichnospecies Koreanaornis Anhuiensis (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Qiuzhuang Formation at Mingguang City, Anhui Province, China" (2017). Research, Publications & Creative Work. 16.
https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/fac_res/16