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Diomedavus
Taxonomy
Diomedavus was named by Mayr and Goedert (2017). Its type is Diomedavus knapptonensis.
It was assigned to Diomedeidae by Mayr and Goedert (2017).
It was assigned to Diomedeidae by Mayr and Goedert (2017).
Species
D. knapptonensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Diomedavus Mayr and Goedert p. 661 figs. Fig. 1 |
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G. †Diomedavus Mayr and Goedert 2017
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†Diomedavus knapptonensis Mayr and Goedert 2017
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert 2017 | Distinguished from crown group Diomedei- dae in that apex of crista deltopectoralis of humerus situated farther distally than distal terminus of crista bicipitalis, dorsal portion of facies articularis sternalis of coracoid proportionally longer, and crista lateralis of hypotarsus less prominent. Differs from the early Miocene Plotornis graculoides Portis, 1884 in that apex of crista deltopectoralis of humerus situated farther distally than distal terminus of crista bicipitalis and from P. delfortrii Milne-Edwards, 1874 (the proximal humerus of which is unknown) in that tarsometatarsus exhibits a partially ossified retinaculum extensorium tarsometatarsi and prox-
imal and distal ends of bone proportionally wider. Distinguished from the early Oligocene Tydea Mayr and Smith, 2012a in the proximodistally longer crista bicipitalis, which exhibits a marked cranial bulge (this bulge is absent in Tydea). Diomedavus, n. gen. is much larger than the middle Eocene Murunkus Panteleyev and Nessov, 1987 and the late Eocene Notoleptos Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo, 2016 and further differs from the latter in the partially ossified retinaculum extensorium tarsometatarsi. |
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||