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SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEOBIOLOGY<br />

FIGURE 4.—Dorsal view of the left coracoid of Chaunoides antiquus, n. gen. n. sp., compared with those of living<br />

anhimids: A, Chauna torquata (HA 41); B, Chaunoides antiquus, n. gen. n. sp., holotype (MNRJ 4619-V); C,<br />

Chaunoides antiquus, n. gen. n. sp., paratype (MNRJ 4620-V); D, Anhima cornuta (HA 40). The fossil bones (B<br />

and c) are coated with ammonium chloride. (Scale bar= 1 cm.)<br />

FIGURE 5.—Coracoids of anhimids, in ventral view, showing variation: A, Chauna chavaria (USNM 347738); B,<br />

Chauna torquata (HA 389); C, Chauna torquata (HA 702); D, Chauna torquata (HA 41); E, Anhima cornuta<br />

(HA 902); F, Anhima cornuta (HA 40). Note the absence of a procoracoid foramen in A and B. (Scale bar= 1 cm.)<br />

(MNRJ 4630-V). There also are three unassociated segments of DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISONS.—The coracoid of Chau-<br />

distal, right tibiotarsi shafts (MNRJ 4626-V, MNRJ 4627-V,<br />

MNRJ4628-V).<br />

MEASUREMENTS OF PARATYPES.—See Table 1.<br />

ETYMOLOGY.—From the Latin antiquus, antique, old, ancient.<br />

DIAGNOSIS.—As for the monotypic genus.<br />

noides is proportionally more slender than in living anhimids,<br />

and the procoracoid process is located slightly more toward the<br />

shoulder than in living species of anhimids (see Figures 3-5).<br />

The distal end of the ulna has the carpal tuberosity less pronounced<br />

than in living anhimids, somewhat similar to Chauna<br />

chavaria (Figure 6). The distal end of the radius of Chaunoides

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