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15 – FOSSILS BIRDS

BIRDS, RECENT, CENOZOIC

A bird that flew approximately 50 million years ago, this fossilized rail was found in the mid-Eocene oil shale of the Messel Formation in vicinity of Frankfurt, Germany. Please include "Specimen courtesy of Hamburger Mineralien-Zentrum" credit along with the credit to the photographer. — wm_GER-0032_fossil-bird.jpg

Excellent preservation of an unidentified, fossilized bird feather of Lower Eocene age from the Green River Formation of SW Wyoming, USA. Length of this specimen is 9.0cm. On display at Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis, Wyoming, USA. Please include "Specimen courtesy of the Wyoming Dinosaur Center" along with credit to the photographer. — TAW-3784_fossil-bird-feather

Jesse Thompson, age 8, with the skeleton of the 10-foot-tall Elephant Bird, Aepyornis maximus, a life-sized cast of a recently extinct species that is believed to have been killed off by natives on the island of Madagascar, perhaps as late as the mid-1800s. Measurements: length of toes 8 inches; 16 inches to the first joint above the foot; and 43 inches to the second joint. This skeleton is in the collection of the Black HIlls Institute of Geological Research, photographed with written permission for commercial educational use. Along with credit to the photographer, please include a "specimen courtesy of" credit to the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. Model released. — TAW-3852_Elephant-Bird-skeleton

Bird egg sizes, including the largest and smallest. The hummingbird, chicken, and ostrich eggs are dwarfed by this enormous egg of the extinct elephant bird of Madagascar, Aepyornis maximus. This egg is 12.5 inches long, with a shell 3/8 inch thick; adults stood 10 to 12 feet tall and weighed up to 1000 pounds. They are believed to have been driven to extinction by mankind by the 17th century. Elephant Bird egg courtesy of Paul Obenich. Hummingbird nest courtesy of the University of Arizona Bird Collection. Please include "specimen courtesy of . . . " credits in publications in addition to credit to the photographer. — TAW-3892_biggest-smallest-bird-eggs

Cast of a fossilized bird, Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius, of early Eocene age. It belongs to an extinct family of birds, Lithornithidae, related to the ostrich. from Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation in Wyoming. Exhibit in Visitor's Center, Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA. — TAW-4245_fossil-bird

Neck and skull of an early Eocene bird, Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius, a relative of today's ostrich, from Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation in Wyoming. This is a cast of holotype fossil specimen NMNH #336103 Exhibit in Visitor's Center, Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA. — TAW-4246_fossil-bird-skull

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