Fred Ruhe
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Nikita V. Zelenkov & Leonid V. Gorobets, 2020
Revision of Plioperdix (Aves: Phasianidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Ukraine
Paleontological Journal. 54 (5).
Abstract: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=43182418
Plioperdix pontica (Tugarinov, 1940) traditionally, based on similar sizes, includes materials from a number of Pliocene and Pleistocene locations in the Northern Black Sea Region and Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary). Our study of Ukrainian materials showed that in reality they belong to several taxa of small phasianid birds. Materials from the localities of the Kuchurganian faunal complex (MN 14) can be attributed to Eurobambusicola turolicus Zelenkov, 2016 and supposedly “Plioperdix” hungarica (Jánossy, 1991). Plioperdix pontica is characterized by morphological similarity to modern Coturnix and is represented mainly by materials from Odessa catacombs (upper part of MN 15) and several localities of zone MN 16 (including Rębielice Krolewskie 2; Poland). In the middle Villafranchian localities (for example, Kotlovina; as well as Etulia-3, Moldova; MN 17) remains of yet another unnamed form, which reliably differs from P. pontica in most skeletal elements, prevail. The previous descriptions and diagnoses of Plioperdix pontica were thus based on a mixture of material from various taxa and are revised here. The problems of taxonomy of small phasianids of the Neogene-Pleistocene in the Northern Black Sea region and Eastern Europe are discussed.
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Fred
Revision of Plioperdix (Aves: Phasianidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Ukraine
Paleontological Journal. 54 (5).
Abstract: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=43182418
Plioperdix pontica (Tugarinov, 1940) traditionally, based on similar sizes, includes materials from a number of Pliocene and Pleistocene locations in the Northern Black Sea Region and Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary). Our study of Ukrainian materials showed that in reality they belong to several taxa of small phasianid birds. Materials from the localities of the Kuchurganian faunal complex (MN 14) can be attributed to Eurobambusicola turolicus Zelenkov, 2016 and supposedly “Plioperdix” hungarica (Jánossy, 1991). Plioperdix pontica is characterized by morphological similarity to modern Coturnix and is represented mainly by materials from Odessa catacombs (upper part of MN 15) and several localities of zone MN 16 (including Rębielice Krolewskie 2; Poland). In the middle Villafranchian localities (for example, Kotlovina; as well as Etulia-3, Moldova; MN 17) remains of yet another unnamed form, which reliably differs from P. pontica in most skeletal elements, prevail. The previous descriptions and diagnoses of Plioperdix pontica were thus based on a mixture of material from various taxa and are revised here. The problems of taxonomy of small phasianids of the Neogene-Pleistocene in the Northern Black Sea region and Eastern Europe are discussed.
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Fred
