-
sternum of
plotopterids differ significantly from
those of penguins, so
comparisons in
terms of
function may not be
entirely accurate.
Plotopterids are regarded...
- gannets, and boobies. This
genus included the
largest North American plotopterids. Its
remains can be
found in Late
Eocene to Late
Oligocene rocks from...
- by
Goedert and
Gerald Mayr as
belonging to a new
genus and
species of
plotopterid,
which they
named Olympidytes thieli,
based on the
holotype SMF Av 608...
- to
Procellariiformes has been suggested. Some
think the penguin-like
plotopterids (usually
considered relatives of
cormorants and anhingas) may actually...
-
Storrs L.
Olson and
Hasegawa Yoshikazu identified them as
those of
plotopterids, but
their abundance and
diversity complicated their identification as...
-
Hokkaidornis is an
extinct genus of penguin-like
plotopterid from the Late
Oligocene of Hokkaido, ****an. The
first Hokkaidornis remains were discovered...
- of the
Oligocene of
Vancouver Island since 1894, the
first remains of
plotopterids from the
formation were only
discovered in 2013 in the
vicinity of Sooke...
-
remains that the bird was a medium-sized
plotopterid,
smaller than the
large genera of ****anese
tonsalin plotopterids Copepteryx and Hokkaidornis, but larger...
- (PDF) on 27
September 2007. Mayr,
Gerald (February 2005). "Tertiary
plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) and a
novel hypothesis on the
phylogenetic relationships...
- diving,
occupying a
similar ecological niche to that of
penguins and
plotopterids.
Frequently placed into the
Anatinae are
these genera,
whose relationships...
