Pumiliornis tessellatus
| Pumiliornis tessellatus |
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inc. sed.
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Pumiliornis
G. Mayr, 1999
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P. tessellatus
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| Pumiliornis tessellatus G.Mayr 1999
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Pumiliornis tessellatus is an ancient bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Hesse, Germany. It is described as a wren-sized[1] anisodactyl bird with a long, slender bill and strong hallux. Its species name tessellatus, meaning "mosaic" in Latin, is a reference to its unusual distribution of characters and uncertain phylogenetic placement.[2][3]
In 2014, a new specimen of Pumiliornis was described that showed preserved stomach contents of pollen grains from a eudicotyledonous angiosperm, making it the earliest fossil evidence of flower-visiting behavior in birds.[4]
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