First substantial Middle Eocene record of the Lithornithidae (Aves): A postcranial skeleton from Messel (Germany) |
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Authors: | Gerald Mayr |
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Institution: | Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion Ornithologie, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
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Abstract: | A postcranial skeleton of a representative of the palaeognathous Lithornithidae (Aves) is described from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany. The specimen is slightly smaller than Lithornis plebius from which it, however, differs in limb bone proportions. It constitutes the latest fossil record of the Lithornithidae in Europe, whose only other Middle Eocene record is a fragmentary tibiotarsus from North America. |
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Keywords: | Fossil birds Lithornithidae Eocene Messel |
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