Fred Ruhe
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Zhao, T., Mayr, G., Wang, M. & Wang, W (2015)
A trogon-like arboreal bird from the early Eocene of China.
Alcheringa (advance online publication)
39, xxx–xxx. ISSN 0311-5518
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2015.994160#.VL0uhUfF_To
We describe a partial skeleton of a new arboreal bird, Foshanornis
songi gen. et sp. nov., from the early Eocene Buxin Formation of
Guangdong, China. The new species shows some overall resemblances to
trogons (Trogoniformes) and also potentially exhibits an incipiently
heterodactyl foot. However, several key traits are distinct from
trogons, especially the morphology of the distal tarsometatarsus.
Irrespective of its phylogenetic affinities, the new fossil is the
first record of an arboreal bird from the Paleogene of China, and Asia
in general.
Ejoy
Fred Ruhe
A trogon-like arboreal bird from the early Eocene of China.
Alcheringa (advance online publication)
39, xxx–xxx. ISSN 0311-5518
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2015.994160#.VL0uhUfF_To
We describe a partial skeleton of a new arboreal bird, Foshanornis
songi gen. et sp. nov., from the early Eocene Buxin Formation of
Guangdong, China. The new species shows some overall resemblances to
trogons (Trogoniformes) and also potentially exhibits an incipiently
heterodactyl foot. However, several key traits are distinct from
trogons, especially the morphology of the distal tarsometatarsus.
Irrespective of its phylogenetic affinities, the new fossil is the
first record of an arboreal bird from the Paleogene of China, and Asia
in general.
Ejoy
Fred Ruhe
