A large frigatebird-like tarsometatarsus from the London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze may shed light on the affinities of a poorly known early Eocene seabird taxon

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A large frigatebird-like tarsometatarsus from the London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze may shed light on the affinities of a poorly known early Eocene seabird taxon

Journal Article 2024

Mayr, G.; Kitchener, A.C. (2024). A large frigatebird-like tarsometatarsus from the London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze may shed light on the affinities of a poorly known early Eocene seabird taxon. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 69(3), 523–528

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Modern reassessment of Marinavis longirostris. Documents the Abbey Wood cranial material, confirms that the bill lacks pelagornithid pseudoteeth, reidentifies NHMUK A 4233 as Pelagornithidae, and leaves the exact phylogenetic placement of Marinavis unresolved. The Walton tarsometatarsus is only aff. Marinavis longirostris.

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