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<p>The authors describe a fossil avian distal <italic>tibiotarsal</italic> epiphysis, remains of a cormorant (Phalacrociracinae), differing in age and morphological characters from other fossil cormorants. The fossil material comes from sandy marine deposits from the village of Máriahalom in north-western Hungary, together with the remains of 26 other vertebrate species, mostly marine. The age of the fossiliferous deposit is established in the Late Oligocene, at the beginning of the Chattian stage (MP25–30). The earliest fossil specimens of the subfamily Phalacrocoracinae are known from the Early-Middle Oligocene of North America and Northeast Africa, respectively. The rest of the known specimens are dated to the Late-Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene. Thus, the fossil described here represents an intermediate age and it is less specialised in morphological characteristics. A new genus and species of cormorants, <italic>Praecarbo strigoniensis</italic>is described here based on the distal epiphysis of a fossil <italic>tibiotarsus</italic>.</p>
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The authors describe a fossil avian distal tibiotarsal epiphysis, remains of a cormorant (Phalacrociracinae), differing in age and morphological characters from other fossil cormorants. The fossil material comes from sandy marine deposits from the village of Máriahalom in north-western Hungary, together with the remains of 26 other vertebrate species, mostly marine. The age of the fossiliferous deposit is established in the Late Oligocene, at the beginning of the Chattian stage (MP25–30). The earliest fossil specimens of the subfamily Phalacrocoracinae are known from the Early-Middle Oligocene of North America and Northeast Africa, respectively. The rest of the known specimens are dated to the Late-Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene. Thus, the fossil described here represents an intermediate age and it is less specialised in morphological characteristics. A new genus and species of cormorants, Praecarbo strigoniensisis described here based on the distal epiphysis of a fossil tibiotarsus.

<italic>Praecarbo strigoniensis</italic>, a new genus and species of Cormorants (Phalacrocoracinae) from the Late Oligocene of Hungary

University of Sopron, Faculty of Forestry

Ornis Hungarica

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, a new genus and species of Cormorants (Phalacrocoracinae) from the Late Oligocene of Hungary

The authors describe a fossil avian distal tibiotarsal epiphysis, remains of a cormorant (Phalacrociracinae), differing in age and morphological characters...

Praecarbo strigoniensis, a new genus and species of Cormorants (Phalacrocoracinae) from the Late Oligocene of Hungary

Published Online: Jun 09, 2023

Page range: 126 - 132

Received: Jan 03, 2022

Accepted: May 09, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2023-0008

Keywords
NE Hungary, Máriahalom, Late Oligocene, cormorant,

© 2023 Jenő Eugen Kessler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Praecarbo strigoniensis, a new genus and species of Cormorants (Phalacrocoracinae) from the Late Oligocene of Hungary

Published Online: Jun 09, 2023

Page range: 126 - 132

Received: Jan 03, 2022

Accepted: May 09, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2023-0008

KeywordsNE Hungary, Máriahalom, Late Oligocene, cormorant,

© 2023 Jenő Eugen Kessler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
NE Hungary, Máriahalom, Late Oligocene, cormorant,