Fred Ruhe
Well-known member
A paper I have overlooked at the time:
Eric Buffetaut & Delphine Angst, 2016
Pelvic elements of the giant bird Gargantuavis from the Upper Cretaceous of Cruzy (southern France), with remarks on pneumatisation
Cretaceous Research 66: 171-176
Abstract:
A synsacrum fragment and an incomplete ilium of the giant bird Gargantuavis philoinos are described from the upper Campanian/lower Maastrichtian Montplo-Nord locality at Cruzy (Herault, Southern France). The ilium provides new information about the pelvic morphology of Gargantuavis. Both the synsacrum and ilium are extensively pneumatised. This extensive pneumatisation may be a plesiomorphic feature, but may also have had a weight-reduction function in a large flightless bird.
Free pdf: https://www.researchgate.net/public...outhern_France_with_remarks_on_pneumatisation
Enjoy,
Fred
Eric Buffetaut & Delphine Angst, 2016
Pelvic elements of the giant bird Gargantuavis from the Upper Cretaceous of Cruzy (southern France), with remarks on pneumatisation
Cretaceous Research 66: 171-176
Abstract:
A synsacrum fragment and an incomplete ilium of the giant bird Gargantuavis philoinos are described from the upper Campanian/lower Maastrichtian Montplo-Nord locality at Cruzy (Herault, Southern France). The ilium provides new information about the pelvic morphology of Gargantuavis. Both the synsacrum and ilium are extensively pneumatised. This extensive pneumatisation may be a plesiomorphic feature, but may also have had a weight-reduction function in a large flightless bird.
Free pdf: https://www.researchgate.net/public...outhern_France_with_remarks_on_pneumatisation
Enjoy,
Fred
