As aves do Período Cretáceo da Era Mesozóica - Atualidades ...
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Figura 7. Reconstrução <strong>do</strong> esqueleto de Baptornis (em cima à direita)<br />
e de Hesperornis (abaixo) em escala com Anas platyrhynchos.<br />
Extraí<strong>do</strong> de Chiappe e Dyke (2002).<br />
sa<strong>do</strong> distante que nos mostra to<strong>da</strong> a diversi<strong>da</strong>de e o longo percurso<br />
já trilha<strong>do</strong> pelas <strong>aves</strong>.<br />
Agradecimentos<br />
O autor é grato a Luis M. Chiappe, pela aju<strong>da</strong> na obtenção de diversos<br />
artigos.<br />
Tabela 1. Alguns táxons de <strong>aves</strong> <strong>da</strong> <strong>Era</strong> <strong>Mesozóica</strong>.<br />
TÁXON IDADE DISTRIBUIÇÃO<br />
Archaeopteryx Jurássico Superior Alemanha<br />
Nanatius <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior Austrália<br />
Sinornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior China<br />
Cathayornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior China<br />
Otogornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior China<br />
Boluochia <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior China<br />
Concornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior Espanha<br />
Eoalulavis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior Espanha<br />
Gobipteryx <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Mongólia<br />
Alexornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior México<br />
Enantiornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Argentina<br />
Avisaurus <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Esta<strong>do</strong>s Uni<strong>do</strong>s<br />
Soroavisaurus <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Argentina<br />
Yungavolucris <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Argentina<br />
Lectavis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Argentina<br />
Neuquenornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Argentina<br />
Alvarezsaurus <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Argentina<br />
Patagonykus <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Argentina<br />
Mononykus <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Mongólia<br />
Enaliornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior Inglaterra<br />
Ambiortus <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior Mongólia<br />
Gansus <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior China<br />
Hesperornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Esta<strong>do</strong>s Uni<strong>do</strong>s – Canadá<br />
Ichthyornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Esta<strong>do</strong>s Uni<strong>do</strong>s – Canadá<br />
Apatornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Esta<strong>do</strong>s Uni<strong>do</strong>s<br />
Baptornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Esta<strong>do</strong>s Uni<strong>do</strong>s – Canadá<br />
Parahesperornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Esta<strong>do</strong>s Uni<strong>do</strong>s<br />
Noguerornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior Espanha<br />
Iberomesornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior Espanha<br />
Chaoyangia <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior China<br />
Consufiornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior China<br />
Liaoningornis <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Inferior China<br />
Patagopteryx <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Argentina<br />
Vorona <strong>Cretáceo</strong> Superior Ma<strong>da</strong>gascar<br />
Atuali<strong>da</strong>des Ornitológicas On-line Nº 154 - Março/Abril 2010 - www.ao.com.br<br />
Figura 8. Reconstrução <strong>do</strong> esqueleto de Ichthyornis.<br />
Extraí<strong>do</strong> de Clarke (2004).<br />
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