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Apteribis brevis
Taxonomy
Apteribis brevis was named by Olson and James (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 378342, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Auwahi Cave, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Hawaii.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Apteribis brevis Olson and James p. 17 figs. Fig. 5A, C, E, G, I |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Apteribis brevis Olson and James 1991
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. L. Olson and H. F. James 1991 | DiffersfromApteribisglenosas follows:tip of premaxillaand man- dible not as narrowand pointed, mandible noticeably more decurved (Fig. 51, K);sternummuch more arched(concavedorsally),not broadand flattenedas in A. glenos (Fig. 5E, F); coracoid with procoracoidforamen largerand situated closer to the medial margin of the bone, impression of M. sternocoracoideus extendingfartherup the shaft, not markedwith a distinct semicircularlip, and decidedly more flattenedat the sternalend, as opposed to concave (Fig. 5C, D); humerus (Fig. 5G, H) and ulna not as robust, humerus with head and pectoral crestless inflated;calcanealridgesof tarsometatarsusmore elongate,the lateralone invariablywith a distinct tendinal groove that is absent in A. glenos (Fig. 5A, B) |
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004 | |||||