Subtitle:

Prawie kompletny szkielet Palaeortyx, kopalnego grzebiącego z późnego Oligocenu Niemiec

Contributor:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Place of publishing:

Warsaw

Description:

pg(s) 129-135

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

Phasianid galliform birds do not occur in Europe before the end of the early Oligocene, and their Paleogene fossil record mainly comprises isolated bones. Here we describe a nearly complete and articulated skeleton of a phasianid galliform bird from the late Oligocene of Enspel in Germany. The specimen is assigned to Palaeortyx cf. gallica Milne-Edwards, 1869 and for the first time allows the recognition of cranial and pelvic details in a late Oligocene phasianid. Many gizzard stones are preserved in both the gizzard and the crop, and constitute the earliest fossil evidence for grit use in a phasianid galliform.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

41

Issue:

2

Start page:

129

End page:

135

Detailed Resource Type:

Journal

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:65687

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.257 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4568 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

pol ; eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Access:

Closed