Where: Poland (49.6° N, 22.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 20.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: NP23 nannofossil zone, Menilite Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• presumably local ichthyofaunal zone IPM 3
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Mayr and J. H. Hurum. 2020. A tiny, long-legged raptor from the early Oligocene of Poland may be the earliest bird-eating diurnal bird of prey. The Science of Nature 107(48):1-6 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 227378: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 08.10.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Aviraptor longicrus n. gen. n. sp.
Aviraptor longicrus n. gen. n. sp. Mayr and Hurum 2020 hawk |