Erratum to Another Charadriiform-Like Bird from the Lower Eocene of Denmark

BERTELLI, S,; LINDOW, B.E.K.; DYKE, G.J.; MAYR, G.

PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER

Lugar: Kiev; Año: 2014 vol. 48 p. 1449 - 1456

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We describe an exceptionally wellpreserved 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 fos sil 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.