湖北松滋早始新世一鸟化石

本文记述了采自湖北松滋县王家桥区黑档口早始新世洋溪组页岩中一保存较好的鸟化石。依其形态特征归于鹤形目内,但它与已知鹤形目各科又有某些明显的区别,与秧鸡科比较接近。建立一新科:松滋鸟科Songzidae fam. nov.代表我国已知鹤形目化石最早的记录。这一发现还证明始新世早期亚洲东部北纬30°左右已有比较原始的小型鹤形目鸟类分布。本文还讨论了松滋鸟的某些形态功能。

AN EOCENE BIRD FROM SONGZI, HUBEI PROVINCE

An incomplete fossil bird skeleton with skull is described in this paper. It is identified as a new genus and species: Songzia heidangkouensis, and it represents a new family, Songzidae, of the Order, Gruiformes. The fossil was found by Prof. Zhang Miman and her colleagues from Eocene brown shale at Heidongkou, Wangjiaqiao, Songzi County, Hubei Province during the Spring of 1987. It is the first discovery of bird fossil in Hubei. The specimen herein described is stored in the collection of IVPP.