A Scansorial Passerine Bird (Passeriformes, Certhioidea) from the Uppermost Lower Miocene of Eastern Siberia
- Authors: Volkova N.V.1, Zelenkov N.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Borissiak Paleontological Institute
- Issue: Vol 52, No 1 (2018)
- Pages: 58-65
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/167631
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118010148
- ID: 167631
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Abstract
A new scansorial passerine bird, Kischinskinia scandens gen. et sp. nov., from the uppermost Lower Miocene of the Tagay locality (Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal) is described based on a distal tarsometatarsal fragment. This is the first Asian member of the clade Certhioidea. A tibiotarsal fragment is also tentatively assigned to this taxon. Both bones display adaptations for climbing on a vertical surface. The find of a scansorial passerine bird of the clade Certhioidea is evidence of ecological similarity of Early Miocene avifaunas of southern Eastern Siberia and Western Europe, since a representative of Certhioidea showing a similar level of specialization was described from the Lower Miocene (MN3) of Germany. In addition, Kischinskinia scandens is the earliest reliable member of oscine passerines (Oscines) from Asia.
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N. V. Volkova
Borissiak Paleontological Institute
Author for correspondence.
Email: nvolkova@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117467
N. V. Zelenkov
Borissiak Paleontological Institute
Email: nvolkova@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117467