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Selmes
Taxonomy
Selmes was named by Peters (1999). Its type is Selmes absurdipes.
It was assigned to Sandcoleidae by Peters (1999); to Zygodactylidae by Mlikovsky (2002); and to Coliidae by Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré (2004) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Sandcoleidae by Peters (1999); to Zygodactylidae by Mlikovsky (2002); and to Coliidae by Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré (2004) and Mayr (2022).
Species
S. absurdipes (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Selmes Peters p. 217 |
| 2002 | Selmes Mlikovsky p. 143 |
| 2004 | Selmes Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré p. 368 |
| 2022 | Selmes Mayr p. 203 figs. Fig. 10.4 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. S. Peters 1999 | The new genus differs from all known sandcoleiform genera by the unique morphology of its hind limbs. The tarsometatarsus is rather slender and is markedly longer than the longest toe; its distal end is only slightly broadened, approaching the condition of Coliiformes. Not only the proximal phalanges of toe IV but also the proximal two phalanges of toe III and the proximal phalanx of toe II are extremely short. Toes III and IV are of almost equal length. The foot is pamprodactyl and possibly was facultatively anisodactyl.
In addition, Selmes differs from Sandcoleus Houde and Olson, 1992, by having a comparatively shorter and thicker bill; it differs from Chascacocolius Houde and Olson, 1992, by having neither long processus retroarticulares mandibulae nor a marked epicondylus of humerus nor processus intermetacarpales. |
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972 | |||||