INVESTIGADORES
BERTELLI Sara Beatriz
artículos
Título:
Another charadriiform-like bird from the lower Eocene of Denmark
Autor/es:
BERTELLI, S.; LINDOW, B.E.K.; DYKE, G.J.; MAYR, G.
Revista:
PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL
Editorial:
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Kiev; Año: 2013 vol. 47 p. 1282 - 1301
ISSN:
0031-0301
Resumen:
We describe an exceptionally well_preserved partial skeleton of a new bird from the early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Like other fossils from these marine deposits, the partial skeleton is three_dimensionally preserved and articulated. This new Danish specimen consists of a skull, vertebral column, ribs, pelvis, and hindlimbs. Concerning characters of the pelvis, tibiotarsus and tarsometatarsus, the new fossil bears morphological affinities to charadriiform birds (shorebirds and relatives). A phylogenetic analysis of higher neomithine (modern birds) taxa also supports a close relationship between the new specimen and modern Charadriiformes. The morphologies of the skull and vertebrae, however, distinguish the new fossil from all recent charadriiform families