Size of this preview: 533 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 213 × 240 pixels | 426 × 480 pixels | 682 × 768 pixels | 910 × 1,024 pixels | 2,059 × 2,317 pixels.
Original file (2,059 × 2,317 pixels, file size: 473 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
| Description |
English: Overview of selected skeletal elements of Waltonavis specimens from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, UK; all fossils shown to scale. a Holotype of Waltonavis paraleptosomus, gen. et sp. nov. (NMS.Z.2021.40.16; pterygoid, quadrate, coracoid, scapula, sternum, and tarsometatarsi). b Specimen tentatively referred to W. paraleptosomus (NMS.Z.2021.40.19; quadrate, pygostyle, scapula, coracoids, humerus, carpometacarpus, tarsometatarsus, and pedal phalanges). c W. paraleptosomus (NMS.Z.2021.40.17; coracoid, proximal carpometacarpus, tarsometatarsus, and pedal phalanges). d W. paraleptosomus (NMS.Z.2021.40.18; right tarsometatarsus of a juvenile individual). e Holotype of Waltonavis danielsi, gen. et sp. nov. (NMS.Z.2021.40.20; atlas, pygostyle, coracoid, scapula, humeri, radius, right ulna, proximal and distal left ulna, carpometacarpus, os carpi ulnare, proximal tibiotarsus, and tarsometatarsus). f–h Specimens identified as Waltonavis sp. (f NMS.Z.2021.40.21; partial, beak, quadrate, both humeri, coracoid, furcula, os carpi ulnare, partial ulna, tibiotarsus, and tarsometatarsus; g NMS.Z.2021.40.22; both coracoids, cranial end of right scapula, proximal end of left humerus; h NMS.Z.2021.40.23; proximal and distal ends of right tarsometatarsus, atlas, basiurohyal, and some pedal phalanges). mfv foramen vasculare proximale. Scale bars: 10 mm |
| Date | |
| Source | New species from the early Eocene London Clay suggest an undetected early Eocene diversity of the Leptosomiformes, an avian clade that includes a living fossil from Madagascar |
| Author | Gerald Mayr & Andrew C. Kitchener |
Licensing
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 10:33, 31 December 2022 | | 2,059 × 2,317 (473 KB) | SlvrHwk | Uploaded a work by Gerald Mayr & Andrew C. Kitchener from [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-022-00560-0 New species from the early Eocene London Clay suggest an undetected early Eocene diversity of the Leptosomiformes, an avian clade that includes a living fossil from Madagascar] with UploadWizard |
File usage
The following 2 pages use this file:
