A small galliform bird from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation, northwestern Denmark

Bent Erik Kramer Lindow; Gareth John Dyke

A small galliform bird from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation, northwestern Denmark

Bidragets oversatte titel: En lille hønsefugl fra den nedre eocæne Fur Formation, det nordvestlige Danmark

Bent Erik Kramer Lindow, Gareth John Dyke

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Abstract

Det fossile aftryk af et par fuglefødder i moler (diatomit) repræsenterer den første publicerede hønsefugl (Orden Galliformes) fra den nedre eocæne (Ypresien) Fur Formation. Stykket kan bestemmes til at være en hønsefugl på grund af tilstedeværelsen af et par asymmetriske rygge på tarsometatarsus' mellemste ledflade. Stykket kan ikke henføres til hverken nogle af de tidligere beskrevne familier af eocæne hønsefugle (Gallinuloididae, Quercymegapodiidae og Paraortygidae) eller til de tidlige phasanider, og repræsenterer muligvis en ny gruppe af hønsefugle.

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Bidragets oversatte titel	En lille hønsefugl fra den nedre eocæne Fur Formation, det nordvestlige Danmark
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
Vol/bind	55
Sider (fra-til)	59-63
Antal sider	4
ISSN	0011-6297
Status	Udgivet - 2007

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