New records of fossil birds of prey from the Miocene of Kenya

Article Abstract:

The study analyzes and describes new fossil records of three diurnal birds of prey, namely a vulture, a Goshawk and a Chanting Goshawk, as well as an owl from four Miocene sites in Western Kenya. The several results show that although fragmentary, the four species of Micene birds of prey help to confine the extent to which Kenyan fossil birds resemble their living counterparts occurring in similar habitats and hence act as indicators for palacoenvironmental conditions and habitat preferences.

Kenya, Identification and classification, Birds, Fossil, Fossil birds, Vultures

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Paleopathology of Toyotamaphimeia machikanesis (diapsida, crocodylia) from the middle Pleistocene of Central Japan

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The type specimen of Tyotamaphimeia machikanesis from the Osaka Group of Osaka Prefecture, Central Japan, shows multiple abnormalities. All of the abnormalities recognized on the examined specimen show signs of healing.

Japan, Abnormalities, Crocodiles, Paleopathology, Crocodylidae

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Fossil evidence for chemoautotrophic bacterial symbiosis in the Thyasirid bivalve Thyasira michelottii from the Middle Miocene (Badenium) of Austria

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The article describes chemoautotrophic processes in the fossil bivalve Thyasira michelottii, involving sediment burrowing, an inhalant tube and a posterio-ventral tunnel, but no exhalant tube.

Austria, Environmental aspects, Food and nutrition, Symbiosis, Bivalvia, Bivalves, Mollusks, Fossil, Fossil mollusks, Autotrophs

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