Gobipipus reshetovi Kurochkin et al. 2013 (bird)

Aves - Enantiornithes

Full reference: E. N. Kurochkin, S. Chatterjee, and K. E. Mikhailov. 2013. An emryonic enantiornithine bird and associated eggs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 47(11):1252-1269

Belongs to Gobipipus according to E. N. Kurochkin et al. 2013

See also Varricchio et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN, no. 4492/3, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton (skull, part of the vertebral column, shoulder girdle, forelimb) of an embryo;). Its type locality is Khermin Tsav, Bird's Hill (PIN coll. 4492) [SMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Khermin Tsav, Bird's Hill (PIN coll. 4492) [SMPE]

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