A tiny short-legged bird from the early Oligocene of Poland

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bochenski Zbigniew M., Tomek Teresa, Swidnicka Ewa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia 2016-10-01
Series:Geologica Carpathica
Subjects:
Fossil birds
Menilite shales
Carpathian flysch
Palaeogene
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/geoca.2016.67.issue-5/geoca-2016-0029/geoca-2016-0029.xml?format=INT

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