| 词条 | Pumiliornis |
| 释义 |
| name = Pumiliornis tessellatus | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Middle Eocene}} | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | subclassis = incertae sedis | genus = Pumiliornis | genus_authority = G. Mayr, 1999 | species = P. tessellatus | binomial = Pumiliornis tessellatus | binomial_authority = G.Mayr 1999 }}Pumiliornis tessellatus is an ancient bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Hesse, Germany. It is described as a wren-sized[1] anisodactyl bird with a long, slender bill and strong hallux. Its species name tessellatus, meaning "mosaic" in Latin, is a reference to its unusual distribution of characters and uncertain phylogenetic placement.[2][3] It has some anatomical affinities with Cuculiformes, but similar fossils that might be related to this taxon do not.[4] In 2014, a new specimen of Pumiliornis was described that showed preserved stomach contents of pollen grains from a eudicotyledonous angiosperm, making it the earliest fossil evidence of flower-visiting behavior in birds.[5] References1. ^{{cite journal | last = Mayr | first = Gerald | title = Pumiliornis tessellatus MAYR, 1999 revisited - new data on the osteology and possible phylogenetic affinities of an enigmatic Middle Eocene bird | journal = Paläontologische Zeitschrift | year = 2008 | volume = 82/3 | pages = 247–253 | doi = 10.1007/BF02988891}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q16688836}}2. ^{{cite journal | last = Mayr | first = Gerald | title = Pumiliornis tessellatus n. gen. n. sp., a new enigmatic bird from the Middle Eocene of Grube Messel (Hessen, Germany) | url = http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/pumiliornis.pdf | journal = Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg | year = 1999 | volume = 216 | pages = 75–83}} 3. ^{{cite book | publisher = Springer | last = Mayr | first = Gerald | title = Paleogene Birds | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-3540896272 | pages = 114–116}} 4. ^{{cite book | last=Mayr | first=Gerald | url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=P_TB72RBLLMC&pg=PA115 | title=Paleogene Fossil Birds | page=115 | year=2009 | publisher=Springer Science & Business Media | isbn=9783540896289}} 5. ^{{cite journal | last = Mayr | first = Gerald |author2=Wilde, Volker | title = Eocene fossil is earliest evidence of flower-visiting by birds | journal = Biology Letters | year = 2014 | volume = 10 | issue = 5 | pages = 20140223| doi = 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0223 | pmid=24872461 | pmc=4046380}} 3 : Eocene birds|Prehistoric birds of Europe|Fossil taxa described in 1999 |
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