- Tytuł:
- Body mass estimation and locomotion of the Miocene pelecaniform bird Macranhinga
- Autorzy:
- Noriega, J I
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/21168.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2001
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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Miocene
Aves
paleobiology
Late Miocene
body mass
Macranhinga paranensis
Argentina
bird
fossil
Pelecaniformes
Macranhinga
paleontology
Anhingidae
locomotion - Opis:
- The fossil darter Macranhinga paranensis (Aves: Pelecaniformes) from the late Miocene of Argentina is the largest of all known extinct or living Anhingidae. Its body mass is estimated at a mean value of 5.4 kg by using a scaling model derived from the logarithmic relationship between measurements of the least shaft circumference of the femur/tibiotarsus and body masses. Predictions of body mass, as well as the analysis of anatomical evidence, are used to infer that Macranhinga paranensis would have probably had a powered flapping flight and an aquatic locomotion similar to that of cormorants. The morphology of the pelvis and the hind-limb would have allowed Macranhinga paranensis to catch fishes by means of pursuit-diving rather than stalking them in an anhinga-like manner. As determined by adaptations mainly of tarsometatarsal morphology, the species had well developed perching and climbing abilities.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2001, 46, 2
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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