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Grallistrix geleches
Taxonomy
Grallistrix geleches was named by Olson and James (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 386140, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moomomi Dunes, Pleistocene, which is in a Pleistocene interdune horizon in Hawaii.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Grallistrix geleches Olson and James p. 76 figs. Figs. 20A-C, 21A-D, 22A-C, 23A, 24A, 25A, C, 26B, 27B, 28A-D |
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†Grallistrix geleches Olson and James 1991
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. L. Olson and H. F. James 1991 | Largerthan Grallistrixorionor G. erdmani(Table4). Differsfrom G. auceps as follows: humerus with ventral tubercle in ventral view partly ob-
scuringthe pneumatic foramen (Fig. 24A); brachialdepression of humerus not extending as far proximally;carina of sternum higher with anterior margin set back markedlyfrom the manubrium(Fig. 25A, C), dorsal intercoracoidalnotch wide and deep; rostrumnot as deep. |
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| Source: f = family, o = order | |||||
| References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | Grallistrix geleches (type locality: 110072) |