A Large Marine Bird (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Eocene of Western Siberia
The article describes the first find of a bird from the Paleogene of Siberia. A fragment of tibiotarsus from the Eocene Tavda Formation of the Tyumen Region (Western Siberia) is assigned to Procellariiformes. The bird is morphologically closer to Procellariidae, but comparable in size to albatrosses (Diomedeidae) and is assumed to represent the stem members of the family. The find indicated for the first time that either stem albatrosses or similar large Procellariiformes could have had a worldwide distribution as early as the Eocene.
Authors
- Н. В. Зеленков (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4367-0402)
- Т. П. Малышкина
- Д. О. Гимранов (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9592-5211)
- Elena V. Syromyatnikova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7303-5296)
- Alexander A. Maslennikov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5121-5616)
- М. P. Maslintsyna
Institutions
- Ural Federal University (RU)
- Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak (RU)
- Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry (RU)
- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Doklady Biological Sciences
- Published
- 2024-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1134/s0012496624600131
- Primary Topic
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00