Bucerotidae from the early Miocene of Napak, Uganda (East Africa): the earliest hornbill with a modern-type beak

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dc.contributor.authorSégolène Riamon
dc.contributor.authorMartin Pickford
dc.contributor.authorBrigitte Senut
dc.contributor.authorAntoine Louchart
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-16T11:19:44Z
dc.date.available2023-05-16T11:19:44Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-04
dc.description.abstractHornbills (Bucorvidae and Bucerotidae) are among the most recognizable groups of birds. Their large, curved beak topped by a casque is their most obvious feature. Here, we describe the earliest fossil of a hornbill, and more precisely a Bucerotidae, from the early Miocene of Napak, Uganda. This fossil is a proximal part of a maxilla that can be tentatively assigned to the genus Tockus and which attests to an ancient evolutionary origin of this particular beak shape. The new fossil, as well as several postcranial bones, represents the earliest record of the Bucerotidae dated to about 19 million years ago, and can serve as a calibration point in future molecular phylogenies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRiamon, Ségolène, Martin Pickford, Brigitte Senut, et al. 'Bucerotidae from the Early Miocene of Napak, Uganda (East Africa): The Earliest Hornbill with a modern‐type Beak', Ibis (London, England), vol. 163/no. 2, (2021), pp. 715-721.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0019-1019
dc.identifier.issnEISSN 1474-919X
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/8712
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWiley Subscription Services, Incen_US
dc.subjectBucerotiformes, casque, evolution,fossil,Tockusen_US
dc.titleBucerotidae from the early Miocene of Napak, Uganda (East Africa): the earliest hornbill with a modern-type beaken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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