An old world hummingbird from the oligocene: A new fossil from Polish Carpathians
An old world hummingbird from the oligocene: A new fossil from Polish Carpathians
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DOI：
10.1007/s10336-007-0261-y
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发表时间：
2008-04-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Bochenski, Zbigniew M.
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作者：
Bochenski, Zygmunt;Bochenski, Zbigniew M.
最近在波兰FlysCarpathians的menilite页岩中发现了一具近乎完整的，部分铰接的蜂鸟骨架。该标本的年代为早渐新世（Rupelian，约1000年）。31百万年）。它与现存的蜂鸟有相同的衍生特征，与雨燕有相似的特征。它的喙长而细，肱骨和尺骨短而结实，是蜂鸟的典型特征，但喙突与雨燕相似。标本的骨骼学大体上与德国早第三纪的蜂鸟相似，但由于它与德国蜂鸟Eurotrochilus inexpectatus在某些特征上明显不同，因此被描述为同一属的一个新种。
A near-complete, partially articulated skeleton of a hummingbird was recently found in the menilite shales of the Polish Flysh Carpathians. The specimen is dated to the Early Oligocene (Rupelian, approx. 31 Myr). It shares derived characters with extant hummingbirds and plesiomorphic characters with swifts. Its long, thin beak and short and stout humerus and ulna are typical for hummingbirds, but the coracoid resembles that observed in swifts. The osteology of the specimen is generally similar to that of the hummingbird described from the Early Tertiary of Germany but because it clearly differs in some characters from the German hummingbird Eurotrochilus inexpectatus, it is described as a new species of the same genus.