New record of a rostrum of waterbird (Aves, Suliformes) from the Oligocene of Ashiya Group in Ainoshima Island, Kyushu, Japan

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  • 北九州市藍島に分布する漸新統芦屋層群から新たに産出したカツオドリ目の吻部化石

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<p>A rostrum of a suliform bird from the Lower Oligocene Yamaga Formation of Ashiya Group in Ainoshima Island, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, southwestern Japan is briefly described. The present specimen (KMNH VP 600013) is slender and flat, with a strongly curved rostral tip, a sharply-defined longitudinal groove, and apertura nasi ossea that were likely extremely reduced or absent.</p>

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