Pelagornithidae
- Odentopteryx toliapica (Harrison=Walker) An incomplete bird
skull found by Mick Wall between Hens Brook and Paddies Point. May 2003
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Pelagornithidae
- Dasornis londinensis, a large bony toothed bird skull found on
the foreshore, wave cut clay platform far out on the low tide mark by
Hartmut Schieck on a days field trip to Sheppey.
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Probably
the most complete specimen of this species ever found. The holotype
in the NHM is very fragmentary and poorly preserved, a common condition
for bird fossils from the London clay. Because of the hollow nature
of the bones, they rarely preserve complete.
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Pelagornithidae
- Odentopteryx toliapica (Harrison=Walker), four views
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Odentopteryx
toliapica side view showing eye orbit
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Unidentified
bony toothed bird lower mandible
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Pseudontornis
longidentata (Harrison=Walker) fragment of lower mandible
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Two specimens
of Pseudontornis longidentata? worn fragments of lower mandible
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Probably
a procellariiform bird skull, possibly a Petrel type of seabird - Notice
how the bones have been lined up
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