-
sternum of
plotopterids differ significantly from
those of penguins, so
comparisons in
terms of
function may not be
entirely accurate.
Plotopterids are regarded...
-
American plotopterids; the largest, ?K. clarki, from the Late
Eocene to
Early Oligocene, only
being dwarfed by the
giant ****anese
plotopterids Hokkaidornis...
- to
Procellariiformes has been suggested. Some
think the penguin-like
plotopterids (usually
considered relatives of
cormorants and anhingas) may actually...
-
badly known,
based on
similarities found in then
undescribed ****anese
plotopterids. In 2019, a new
analysis of the
coracoid (KMNH VP 200003) from Hikoshima...
-
indicate that the
latest and
smallest plotopterids had
costal habits, when the
larger and
older tonsalin plotopterids where pelagic feeders.
Elements of...
-
remains that the bird was a medium-sized
plotopterid,
smaller than the
large genera of ****anese
tonsalin plotopterids Copepteryx and Hokkaidornis, but larger...
- diving,
occupying a
similar ecological niche to that of
penguins and
plotopterids.
Frequently placed into the
Anatinae are
these genera,
whose relationships...
- they also fed on the carc****es of
plotopterids. The
extinction of Tonsala,
alongside that of all of the
plotopterids from the
Pacific Northwest during...
- from the
original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Mayr,
Gerald (2005). "Tertiary
plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) and a
novel hypothesis on the
phylogenetic relationships...
- gastornithiforms, and
dromornithids (mihirungs or "demon ducks"), and the
plotopterids.
Common ostrich,
Struthio camelus North African ostrich,
Struthio camelus...
