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Dasornis abdoun
Dasornis abdoun
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HOLOTYPE: OCP. DEK / GE 1033, incomplete right humerus. TYPE LOCALITY: Ouled Abdoun Basin, Sidi Daoui (southeast of TS area, 32 ° 50 ′ 87 N and 06 ° 38 ′ 48 W: see Gheerbrant et al., 2003). TYPE HORIZON: Intercalary beds II / I (level 13), basal Ypresian, Lower Eocene (see Gheerbrant et al., 2003). REFERRED MATERIAL: OCP. DEK / GE 1016, distal part of leπ carpometacarpus; OCP. DEK / GE 1021, distal part of leπ carpometacarpus; OCP. DEK / GE 1022, incomplete distal end and fragment of shaπ of right ulna; OCP. DEK / GE 1030, distal part of leπ radius; OCP. DEK / GE 1031, proximal part of leπ humerus; OCP. DEK / GE 1096, fragment of shaπ of right femur; OCP. DEK / GE 1151, fragment of shaπ of right tibiotarsus close to proximal end; OCP. DEK / GE 1158, distal part of leπ carpometacarpus; OCP. DEK / GE 1191, fragment of shaπ of right tibiotarsus; MHNL 20 - 149225, distal end of leπ humerus.
- Scientific name
- Dasornis abdoun
- Family
- Pelagornithidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Genus
- Dasornis
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