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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 = Palfontologische Zeitschrift | year = 2008 | volume = 82/3 | pages = 247-253}}</ref> [[Dactyly#Anisodactyly|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.<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) | journal = Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg | year = 1999 | volume = 216 | pages = 75-83}}</ref> |
'''''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 = Palfontologische Zeitschrift | year = 2008 | volume = 82/3 | pages = 247-253}}</ref> [[Dactyly#Anisodactyly|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.<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) | journal = Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg | year = 1999 | volume = 216 | pages = 75-83}}</ref> |
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In 2014, a new specimen of ''Pumiliornis'' was described that showed preserved stomach contents of pollen grains from |
In 2014, a new specimen of ''Pumiliornis'' was described that showed preserved stomach contents of pollen grains from a [[eudicot|eudicotyledonous]] [[angiosperm]], making it the earliest fossil evidence of flower-visiting behavior in birds.<ref name="Mayr 2014">{{cite journal | last = Mayr | first = Gerald | coauthors = Wilde, Volker | title = Eocene fossil is earliest evidence of flower-visiting by birds | journal = Biology Letters | year = 2014 | volume = 10 (5) | pages = | doi = 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0223 }}</ref> |
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| Pumiliornis Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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| Infraclass: | inc. sed.
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| Genus: | Pumiliornis Mayr, Gerald, 1999
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| Species: | P. tessellatus n. gen. n. sp.
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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]
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.[3]
References
- ^ Mayr, Gerald (2008). "Pumiliornis tessellatus MAYR, 1999 revisited - new data on the osteology and possible phylogenetic affinities of an enigmatic Middle Eocene bird". Palfontologische Zeitschrift. 82/3: 247–253.
- ^ Mayr, Gerald (1999). "Pumiliornis tessellatus n. gen. n. sp., a new enigmatic bird from the Middle Eocene of Grube Messel (Hessen, Germany)". Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 216: 75–83.
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