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{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}} |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Bird|Aves]] |
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| taxon = Pumiliornis |
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| subclassis = [[Incertae sedis|inc. sed.]] |
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| authority = (Mayr, 1999) |
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| type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Pumiliornis tessellatus''''' |
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| species = '''''P. tessellatus''''' n. gen. n. sp. |
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| binomial = ''Pumiliornis tessellatus'' |
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| binomial_authority = Mayr, Gerald 1999 |
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'''''Pumiliornis tessellatus''''' is an ancient [[bird]] from the Middle Eocene of [[Messel]], [[Hesse, Germany]]. It is described as a [[wren]]-sized<ref name="Mayr 2008">{{cite journal | last = Mayr | first = Gerald | title = Pumiliornis tessellatus MAYR, 1999 revisited - new data on the osteology and possible phylogenetic affinities of an enigmatic Middle Eocene bird | journal = |
'''''Pumiliornis tessellatus''''' is an ancient [[bird]] from the Middle Eocene of [[Messel]], [[Hesse, Germany]]. It is described as a [[wren]]-sized<ref name="Mayr 2008">{{cite journal | last = Mayr | first = Gerald | title = Pumiliornis tessellatus MAYR, 1999 revisited - new data on the osteology and possible phylogenetic affinities of an enigmatic Middle Eocene bird | journal = Paläontologische Zeitschrift | year = 2008 | volume = 82/3 | issue = 3 | pages = 247–253 | doi = 10.1007/BF02988891| s2cid = 55757331 }}</ref> [[Dactyly#Anisodactyly|anisodactyl]] bird with a long, slender bill and strong [[Toe#In other animals|hallux]]. Its species name ''tessellatus'', meaning "mosaic" in Latin, is a reference to its unusual distribution of characters and uncertain phylogenetic placement.<ref name="Mayr 1999">{{cite journal | last = Mayr | first = Gerald | title = Pumiliornis tessellatus n. gen. n. sp., a new enigmatic bird from the Middle Eocene of Grube Messel (Hessen, Germany) | url = http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/pumiliornis.pdf | journal = Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg | year = 1999 | volume = 216 | pages = 75–83}}</ref><ref name="Mayr book">{{cite book | publisher = Springer | last = Mayr | first = Gerald | title = Paleogene Birds | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-3540896272 | pages = 114–116}}</ref> It has some anatomical affinities with Cuculiformes, but similar fossils that might be related to this taxon do not.<ref>{{cite book | last=Mayr | first=Gerald | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_TB72RBLLMC&pg=PA115 | title=Paleogene Fossil Birds | page=115 | year=2009 | publisher=Springer Science & Business Media | isbn=9783540896289}}</ref> |
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In 2014, a new specimen of ''Pumiliornis'' was described that showed preserved stomach contents of pollen grains from a [[ |
In 2014, a new specimen of ''Pumiliornis'' was described that showed preserved stomach contents of [[pollen]] grains from a [[eudicots|eudicotyledonous]] [[flowering plant|angiosperm]], making it the earliest fossil evidence of flower-visiting behavior in birds.<ref name="Mayr 2014">{{cite journal | last = Mayr | first = Gerald |author2=Wilde, Volker | title = Eocene fossil is earliest evidence of flower-visiting by birds | journal = Biology Letters | year = 2014 | volume = 10 | issue = 5 | pages = 20140223| doi = 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0223 | pmid=24872461 | pmc=4046380}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 23:24, 1 January 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Australaves |
| Family: | †Morsoravidae |
| Genus: | †Pumiliornis (Mayr, 1999) |
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| †Pumiliornis tessellatus (Mayr, 1999)
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Pumiliornis tessellatus is an ancient bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Hesse, Germany. It is described as a wren-sized[1] anisodactyl bird with a long, slender bill and strong hallux. Its species name tessellatus, meaning "mosaic" in Latin, is a reference to its unusual distribution of characters and uncertain phylogenetic placement.[2][3] It has some anatomical affinities with Cuculiformes, but similar fossils that might be related to this taxon do not.[4]
In 2014, a new specimen of Pumiliornis was described that showed preserved stomach contents of pollen grains from a eudicotyledonous angiosperm, making it the earliest fossil evidence of flower-visiting behavior in birds.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Mayr, Gerald (2008). "Pumiliornis tessellatus MAYR, 1999 revisited - new data on the osteology and possible phylogenetic affinities of an enigmatic Middle Eocene bird". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 82/3 (3): 247–253. doi:10.1007/BF02988891. S2CID 55757331.
- ^ Mayr, Gerald (1999). "Pumiliornis tessellatus n. gen. n. sp., a new enigmatic bird from the Middle Eocene of Grube Messel (Hessen, Germany)" (PDF). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 216: 75–83.
- ^ Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Birds. Springer. pp. 114–116. ISBN 978-3540896272.
- ^ Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 115. ISBN 9783540896289.
- ^ Mayr, Gerald; Wilde, Volker (2014). "Eocene fossil is earliest evidence of flower-visiting by birds". Biology Letters. 10 (5): 20140223. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0223. PMC 4046380. PMID 24872461.