Origin of the European modern faunas through Palaeogene Central Africa collections
Fossil bones of a leg (tarsometatarsus) and a wing (carpometacarpus) of a Messelornithidae from the early Eocene of Egem (Belgium) compared to those of Messelornis cristata from the middle Eocene of Messel, Germany. Scale bar = 5 mm.
Fossil bones of a leg (tarsometatarsus) and a wing (carpometacarpus) of a Messelornithidae from the early Eocene of Egem (Belgium) compared to those of Messelornis cristata from the middle Eocene of Messel, Germany. Scale bar = 5 mm.