A new Oligocene relative of the Caproidae (Teleostei: Acanthopterygii) from the Outer Carpathians, Poland

Bieńkowska-Wasiluk, Małgorzata; Bonde, Niels

doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1520

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“…Most skeletal elements are preserved in articulation, but some bones, including both scapulae, the right coracoid, the left humerus, and the right phalanx proximalis digiti majoris, are no longer connected to the adjacent bones, but lie close to them. This indicates that the carcass was exposed to natural decomposition agents, including putrefaction gases, for some time before being buried in sediments, in a calm environment without much underwater turbulences that could stimulate its disarticulation and loss of skeletal elements (Schäfer, 1972;Bienkowska-Wasiluk, 2010). This was also the case with the passerine bird described earlier from the same site (Happ et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 58%

An intriguing new species of dabbling duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from the middle Miocene of Austria

Bochenski,

Happ,

Salwa

et al. 2023

Palaeontol Electron

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Several dozen species of Miocene anatids are known worldwide, but few are known from abundant finds and even fewer from nearly complete specimens. Most fossil ducks have been described from very scant fragmentary remains, making it very difficult or impossible to compare them with one another. In Austria, only a few heavily damaged remains of Miocene anatids have been found so far. Here, we describe a new genus and species of a nearly complete medium-sized duck preserved on four slabs from the middle Miocene of Lavanttal, southern Austria. A number of features on various parts of the skeleton including the coracoid, humerus and pelvis indicate that it was a dabbling duck in an ecological sense, and exclude the option of it being a diving duck. The new species shows a unique mosaic of features typical of different groups of ducks and some features specific to it. Its more precise systematic position is uncertain, pending future finding of more fossil specimens.

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confidence: 58%