A Giant Early Pleistocene Bird from Eastern Europe: Unexpected Component of Terrestrial Faunas at the Time of Early Homo Arrival

Giant birds, comparable in size to elephant birds and moa, have never been reported from Europe. Here, we describe a femur from the lower Pleistocene of the north Black Sea area (Crimea) that is referred to Pachystruthio dmanisensis, comb. nov., a giant bird with an estimated body mass of about 450...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of vertebrate paleontology 2019-03, Vol.39 (2), p.e1605521
Hauptverfasser:	Zelenkov, Nikita V, Lavrov, Alexander V, Startsev, Dmitry B, Vislobokova, Innessa A, Lopatin, Alexey V
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Sprache:	eng
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