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Since the teeth were hollow or at best full of cancellous bone and are easily worn or broken off in fossils, it is surmised they were not extremely resilient in life either. Pelagornithid prey would thus have been soft-bodied, and have encompassed mainly cephalopods [10] and soft-skinned fishes. [11] Prey items may have reached considerable size.
Analysis of the unidentified large pelagornithid fossils from the Middle Eocene of Kpogamé-Hahotoé which are provisionally termed "Aequornis traversei" [15] might shed light on this issue. The fairly large undescribed remains from the Late Paleocene /Early Eocene of the Ouled Abdoun Basin ( Morocco ) which have been provisionally termed ...
Protodontopteryx is a genus of pelagornithid (pseudotooth bird) that lived in New Zealand roughly 62 million years ago, during the early Paleocene epoch. It contains one species, Protodontopteryx ruthae. Protodontopteryx is the smallest, oldest, and most basal pelagornithid discovered. [1]
Pelagornis sandersi comparison with the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) and the wandering albatross (Diomeda exulans). The sole specimen of P. sandersi has a wingspan estimated between approximately 6.06 and 7.38 m (19.9 and 24.2 ft), [9] giving it the largest wingspan of any flying bird yet discovered, twice that of the wandering albatross, which has the largest wingspan of any extant bird (up ...
Are there any fossil images that fall under the public domain or are licensed under Creative Commons? Monsieur X 14:59, 7 February 2021 (UTC) There are some jaw fragments in this (closed access) paper. Any images of Xenorhinotherium fossils seem to be rare in general. Hemiauchenia 15:39, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
A dubious pelagornithid, may instead be from the Cooper Formation. Pelagornis: P. sandersi: Bed 2 near Charleston Airport. [17] A pelagornithid. Sulidae: Upper sandy unit. [4] Tympanonesiotes: T. wetmorei: A very fragmentary piece of tarsometatarsus. [16] A dubious pelagornithid, may instead be from the Cooper Formation.
Toggle Fossil content subsection. 1.1 Mammals. 1.2 Reptiles. 1.2.1 Birds. ... A pelagornithid. Squamates. Squamates reported from the Ameki Formation Genus Species
Thus, some fossils are referred to Osteodontornis only, without further assigning them to this species. [9] The type specimen of O. orri, SBMNH 309, is a rather comprehensive fossil preserved mostly as imprint, with some bone pieces and even feather impressions in addition; it was found in Clarendonian (Late Miocene) shale of California (USA).