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Pumiliornis tessellatus
Taxonomy
Pumiliornis tessellatus was named by Mayr (1999) [Small anisodactyl bird, which differs from all other avian genera in the combination of the following characters:
- long and slender bill, probably schizorhinal
- furcula without apophysis furculae
- stout humerus with broad proximal end
- carpometacarpus slender with broad symphysis metacarpalis distalis
- short and dorso-ventrally flattened tarsometatarsus with a low hypotarsus
- trochleae metatarsorum II and IV considerably shorter than trochlea metatarsi III
- well-developed hallux
Autapomorphic for the genus Pumiliornis is the caudally displaced apex carinae.]. Its type specimen is SMF ME 2092A/B, a skeleton (almost complete articulated skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Pumiliornis tessellatus Mayr |
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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.
†Pumiliornis tessellatus Mayr 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004 | |||||