Jamna Dolna 2 (Oligocene of Poland)

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

• black shales of the Menilite beds of the Carpathian Flysch zone

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

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aviraptor longicrus n. gen. n. sp.
Aviraptor longicrus n. gen. n. sp. Mayr and Hurum 2020 hawk