dc:title"A new fossil subspecies of booby (Aves, Sulidae: Papasula) from Mauritius and Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands, with notes on P. abbotti from Assumption Island";
dc:description"FIGURE 2. Comparison of coracoid of Papasula a. nelsoni ssp. nov. (partially reconstructed) with Papasula a. abbotti, ventral aspect, left side. A. USNM 560863 P. a. abbotti u/s (Christmas Island); B. NHMUK PV A9076 P. a. nelsoni (Plaine Corail, Rodrigues). Abbreviations: le, labrum externum; ia, impressio lig. acrocoracohumeralis. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 3. Sternum fragment of Papasula a. nelsoni ssp. nov. NHMUK PV A9076. A. right lateral aspect; B. dorsal aspect; C. cranial aspect. Abbreviations: li, labrum interna; tle, tuberculum labri externa; sac, sulcus articularis coracoideus. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 4. Comparison of humeri of Papasula a. nelsoni ssp. nov. with Papasula a. abbotti, caudal surface, left side. A. NHMUK PVA9049 P. a. nelsoni (Plaine Corail, Rodrigues); B. UMZC 262.AA holotype P. a. nelsoni (Mare aux Songes, Mauritius); C. USNM 560863 P. a. abbotti u/s (Christmas Island); USNM 560862 P. a. abbotti immature u/s (Christmas Island). Abbreviations: td, tuberculum dorsale; tv, tuberculum ventrale; ch, caput humeri; ic, incisura capitis; mc, margo caudalis; cvf, crus ventrale fossa; cb, crista bicipitalis; fp, fossa pneumotricipitalis; sh, sulcus humerotricipitalis; ss, sulcus scapulotricipitalis; pf, processus flexorius. Scale bar = 20 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 5. Comparison of proximal humeri of Papasula a. nelsoni ssp. nov. with Papasula a. abbotti, cranial surface, left side. A. NHMUK PVA9049 P. a. nelsoni (Plaine Corail, Rodrigues); B. UMZC 262.AA holotype P. a. nelsoni (Mare aux Songes, Mauritius); C. ANWC 40544 P. a. abbotti F (Christmas Island). Abbreviations: st, sulcus lig. transversus; cb, crista bicipitalis. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 6. Comparison of ulnae of Papasula a. nelsoni ssp. nov. with Papasula a. abbotti, left side, A, B, C, ventral aspect, D, E, F, dorsal aspect.A & D. USNM 560862 P. a. abbotti immature u/s (Christmas Island); B & E. USNM 560863 P. a. abbotti u/s (Christmas Island); C & F UMZC 262.AAparatype P. a. nelsoni (Mare aux Songes, Mauritius).Abbreviations: ib, impressio brachialis; prv, papillae remigales ventralis; si, sulcus intercondylaris; dr, depressio radialis; cv, cotyla ventralis; tc, tuberculum carpale; cvu, condylus ventralis ulnaris. Scale bar = 20 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 7. Comparison of tarsometatarsi of Papasula a. nelsoni ssp. nov. with Papasula a. abbotti, right side, A, B, dorsal aspect, C, D, plantar aspect. A & D. USNM 560863 P. a. abbotti u/s (Christmas Island); B & C UMZC 995 P. a. nelsoni (Plaine Corail, Rodrigues). Abbreviations: fvp, foramina vascularia proximalia; ttc, tuberositas m. tibialis cranialis; se, sulcus extensorius; iil. incisura intertrochlearis lateralis; iim, incisura intertrochlearis medialis; cpl, crista plantares lateralis; cpm, crista plantares medialis; fvd, foramen vasculare distale. Scale bar = 10 mm.";