Garganornis-3

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Figure 3. Drawings of the bones of Garganornis ballmanni Meijer, 2014; all the bones are from the Late Miocene of Gargano except one (k–m) which is from the Late Miocene of Scontrone, Italy. (a–c) Right carpometacarpus DSTF-GA 49 in ventral (a), dorsal (b) and proximal (c) views; (d,e) left carpometacarpus NMA 504/1801 in ventral (d) and dorsal (e) views; (f,g) graphical reconstruction of the carpometacarpus of Garganornis ballmanni based on the specimens DSTF-GA 49 and NMA 504/1801 in ventral (f) and dorsal (g) views; (h–j) right tibiotarsus DSTF-GA 77 in cranial (h), caudal (i) and proximal (j) views; (k–m) right tarsometatarsus SCT 23 in dorsal (k), plantar (l) and lateral (m) views; (n,o,s,t) left tarsometatarsus RGM 425554 in dorsal (n), plantar (o), distal (s) and medial (t) views; (p,u) proximal pedal phalanx RGM 261945 in proximal (p) and dorsal (u) views; (q,v,w) proximal pedal phalanx RGM 261535 in proximal (q), dorsal (v) and plantar (w) views; (r,x,y) mesial pedal phalanx MGPT-PU 135536 in proximal (r), dorsal (x) and plantar (y) views. Scale bar represents 3 cm. Drawings made by Ursula B. Göhlich. Date: 11 January 2017. Source: Pavia, M.; Meijer, H.J.M.; Rossi, M.A.; Göhlich, U.B. (2017). "The extreme insular adaptation of Garganornis ballmanni Meijer, 2014: a giant Anseriformes of the Neogene of the Mediterranean Basin". Royal Society Open Science. DOI:10.1098/rsos.160722. Author: Marco Pavia, Hanneke J. M. Meijer, Maria Adelaide Rossi, Ursula B. Göhlich.