A Nearly Complete Skeleton of the Fossil Galliform Bird Palaeortyx from the Late Oligocene of Germany

Gerald Mayr; Markus Poschmann; Michael Wuttke

doi:10.3161/068.041.0209

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Gerald Mayr,¹ Markus Poschmann,² Michael Wuttke²

¹Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion für Ornithologie, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY, e-mail:
²Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz, Referat Erdgeschichtliche Denkmalpflege, Große Langgasse 29, D-55116 Mainz, GERMANY, e-mail:

Abstract

Phasianid galliform birds do not occur in Europe before the end of the early Oligocene, and their Paleogene fossil record mainly comprises isolated bones. Here we describe a nearly complete and articulated skeleton of a phasianid galliform bird from the late Oligocene of Enspel in Germany. The specimen is assigned to Palaeortyx cf. gallica Milne-Edwards, 1869 and for the first time allows the recognition of cranial and pelvic details in a late Oligocene phasianid. Many gizzard stones are preserved in both the gizzard and the crop, and constitute the earliest fossil evidence for grit use in a phasianid galliform.

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Gerald Mayr, Markus Poschmann, and Michael Wuttke "A Nearly Complete Skeleton of the Fossil Galliform Bird Palaeortyx from the Late Oligocene of Germany," Acta Ornithologica 41(2), 129-135, (21 January 2022). https://doi.org/10.3161/068.041.0209

Received: 1 July 2006; Accepted: 1 October 2006; Published: 21 January 2022

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