A new Pliocene woodpecker, with comments on the fossil Picidae. American Museum novitates ; no. 2400

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dc.contributor.authorCracraft, Joel.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMorony, John J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T16:31:31Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T16:31:31Z
dc.date.issued1969en_US
dc.description8 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 8).en_US
dc.description.abstract"A new genus and species of woodpecker, Palaeonerpes shorti, is described from a left tibiotarsus from Lower Pliocene sediments of Nebraska. Palaeonerpes is morphologically distinct from all genera with which it was compared, and no clear evidence is present to assign Palaeonerpes to any genus of Recent woodpecker. General comments on the systematic status of the known fossil picids are presented. Palaeopicus has several features which suggest that it probably should be excluded from the Picidae. Uintornis is not a woodpecker, as Shufeldt (1915) correctly surmised. Pliopicus is a morphologically distinct genus that does not appear related to any genus of North American woodpeckers"--P. 7.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/2610
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2400en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2400, 1969en_US
dc.subject.lcshPalaeonerpes shorti.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPiciformes, Fossil.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBirds, Fossil -- Nebraska -- Hitchcock County.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Pliocene -- Nebraska -- Hitchcock County.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Nebraska -- Hitchcock County.en_US
dc.titleA new Pliocene woodpecker, with comments on the fossil Picidae. American Museum novitates ; no. 2400en_US
dc.title.alternativePicidaeen_US
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