A tiny short-legged bird from the early Oligocene of Poland
We describe an articulated partial leg of an Oligocene bird. It is one of the smallest avian fossils ever recorded. Its slender and exceptionally short tarsometatarsus, hallux as long as the tarsometatarsus and stout moderately curved claws agree with stem-group Apodidae (swifts), stem-group Trochil...
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| Language: | English |
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Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Geologica Carpathica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/geoca.2016.67.issue-5/geoca-2016-0029/geoca-2016-0029.xml?format=INT |