Podiceps solidus
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| Podiceps solidus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Podicipediformes |
| Family: | Podicipedidae |
| Genus: | Podiceps |
| Species: | †P. solidus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Podiceps solidus Kuročkin, 1985 | |
Podiceps solidus is an extinct small species of Upper Miocene to Lower Pliocene grebe from Western Mongolia.
The species was first described in 1985 by Kuročkin.[1] Zelenkov would describe more material that is housed at the Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences in 2013.[2]
Description
The holotype (PIN 3222/37) is of a distal fragment of the right humerus.[1] The additional material that would later be described by Zelenkov (2013) include a distal fragment of the left tibiotarsus (PIN 3378/98), a right coracoid (PIN 3378/113), and a distal portion of a tarsometatarsus (PIN 3378/96) from an immature bird. The size of the bones suggests a smaller species of grebe comparable to both black-necked grebe (P. nigricollis) and horned grebe (P. auritus). For example, the coracoid is most similar to the black-necked grebe, while the tibotarsus is more closer to those of horned grebes.[2]