Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 42(3) 1999

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VOL 42(3) 1999

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Odontopterygiformes, Caspiodontornis kobystanicus, Oligocene, Apsheron Peninsula, Perekishkyul locality

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A detailed description of Caspiodontornis kobystanicus from the Oligocene of the Caspian seashore

• Sevil M. ASLANOVA
• N.I. BURCHAK-ABRAMOVICH

Abstract:

The paper presents a detailed description o f a skull and mandible of Caspiodon­tornis kobystanicus, which is a middle-sized member of the bony-toothed birds, differing distinctly from those so far described. It had an alongated pelecaniform bill, flattened dorso-ventrally. The upper bony-teeth were comparatively small, those in the lower jaw be­ing larger. Holorhinal nares narrow, pterygoid comparatively short, wide, pelecaniform.