Re: The Size of Birds

["Jerry D. Harris" <dinogami@hotmail.com>]

> > Platanavis nana
>
> I believe this is actually a leaf.<<

  No, you're thinking of _Praeornis_ (the status of which is _still_ 
debated).  _Platanavis_ is, as far as I can tell, based on a very small 
synsacrum from the Bissekty Formation (Coniacian) of Kazakhstan.  See:

Nessov, L. A. (1988). Mesozoic and Paleogene birds of the USSR and their 
paleoenvironments, pp. 465-478 in K. E. Campbell, Jr.(ed.) Papers in Avian 
Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Los Angeles, Natural History Museum 
of Los Angeles County. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science 
Series 36.

--- (1992). Record of the localities of Mesozoic and Paleogene with avian 
remains of the USSR. Russian Journal of Ornithology 1(1): 7-50.



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