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Kumimanu biceae
Taxonomy
Kumimanu biceae was named by Mayr et al. (2017). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.45877, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hampden Beach, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Moeraki Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Kumimanu.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2017 | Kumimanu biceae Mayr et al. p. 3 figs. Figs. 1, 2 |
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†Kumimanu biceae Mayr et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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G. Mayr et al. 2017 | A very large-sized sphenisciform species, which is characterized by proximodistally low and widely spaced condyles of the tibiotarsus. Distinguished from the late Paleocene Crossvallia and all post-Paleocene Sphenisci- formes of which humeri are known in the dorsoventrally narrower humerus shaft, with ratio of maximum width of proximal end of humerus to minimum width of shaft being 2.4 (less than this value in Crossvallia and all post-Paleocene Sphenisciformes of which the humerus is known). Distinguished from Waimanu tuatahi in having the bicipital crest of humerus not forming a distally directed bulge. Distinguished from Waimanu manneringi (the humerus of which is unknown) in having the tibiotarsus with proximodistally lower and more widely spaced condyles. |
Measurements
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Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 |
Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Paleocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Kumimanu biceae (type locality: 190583) |