Gyps bochenskii sp. n. (Aves: Falconiformes) from the Late ... - ecodb

Gyps bochenskii sp. n. (Aves: Falconiformes) from the Late....
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Fig. 2. Gyps bochenskii sp. n. (Late Pliocene) Varshets, Bulgaria and Gyps fulvus NMNHS 1/1993 (recent) Madzharovo,
Bulgaria: coracoid dex. pars humeralis NMNHS 246: a – medial view; b – ventral view; c – omal view; coracoid
dex. pars sternalis NMNHS 247: d – ventral view; e – sternal view. Scale bare = 1 cm; a, b, c, d – G. fulvus left; e – G.
fulvus above (Photographs: Assen Ignatov).
of the National Museum of Natural History – Sofia,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Collected by Z.
BOEV in 1990-1993.
Paratypes: coracoid dex., pars humeralis
NMNHS 246 (Fig. 2 a, b, c); coracoid dex., pars sternalis
NMNHS 247 (Fig. 2 d, e); sternum, pars costalis
sin., NMNHS 154 (proc. costales II, III, IV and V
are preserved; Fig. 1 c, d); phalanx dist. dig. majoris
sin., NMNHS 160 (Fig. 3 a, b, c); phalanx dist. dig.
I pedis sin., NMNHS 159 (Fig. 3 d, e).
Comparison: See Tables 2-6; Fig. 4 and paragraph
5.
Etymology: The name ‘bochenskii’ is given in
honour of the eminent Polish paleornithologist, Prof.
D.Sc. ZYGMUNT BOCHEŃSKI (1935-2009), who has
contributed greatly to our knowledge of fossil birds.
Measurements of the holotype: Tables 2-3.
Measurements of the paratypes: Tables 4-6;
Fig. 4.
Diagnosis: A large fossil species in the genus
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