More bones of Leptoptilos robustus from Flores reveal new insights into giant marabou stork paleobiology and biogeography

Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) has yielded remains of a faunal community that included small-bodied and small-brained hominins, dwarf proboscideans, Komodo dragons, vultures and giant marabou storks (Leptoptilos robustus). Previous research suggested that L. robustus evolved from a smaller Leptoptilo...

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Main Authors: Hanneke J. M. Meijer, Thomas Sutikna, E. Wahyu Saptomo, Matthew W. Tocheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2022-07-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220435