Notes on the osteology and phylogenetic affinities of the Oligocene Diomedeoididae (Aves, Procellariiformes)

New specimens of the procellariiform taxon Diomedeoididae are reported from the early Oligocene (Rupelian) deposits of Wiesloch-Frauenweiler in southern Germany. Two skeletons belong to Diomedeoides brodkorbi, whereas isolated legs of larger individuals are tentatively assigned to D. lipsiensis, a s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: G. Mayr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2009-08-01
Series:Fossil Record
Online Access:https://fr.pensoft.net/article/30396/download/pdf/