An owal from the Paleocene of Walbeck, Germany

An owl of the genus <i>Berruornis</i> is described from a Paleocene fissure filling of Walbeck, Germany. The specimen is a well preserved incomplete right tarsometatarsus and is the earliest Old World record of an owl. A praemaxilla from the same locality which comes from a similarly-siz...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: G. Mayr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2002-01-01
Series:Fossil Record
Online Access:http://www.foss-rec.net/5/283/2002/fr-5-283-2002.pdf