Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae)
Author
Smith, Neil Adam
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ZooKeys
2011
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.91.709
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.91.709
1313-2970-91-1
Miomancalla
gen n.
Type species.
Miomancalla howardi
sp. n.
Etymology.
Mio
to reflect Miocene occurrences of known species within the taxon, and mancalla to reflect the sister group relationship with
Mancalla
Lucas, 1901.
Differential diagnosis.
Miomancalla
is differentiated from
Mancalla
by the following humeral characteristics: capital groove wider (137:0); supracoracoidial crest (sensu
Fuerbringer
1888
; see
Baumel and Witmer 1993
: 98) proximally broader (113:1); ventral margin of the ventral tubercle broader and deeply grooved rather than narrow and ventrally expanded (134:1); distal margin of the primary pneumotricipital fossa concave rather than convex (126:2).
Remarks.
Based upon phylogenetic results (see below) and apomorphies shared with
Miomancalla howardi
(see diagnosis above),
Praemancalla wetmorei
Howard 1966
is referred to
Miomancalla
, and becomes
Miomancalla wetmorei
(
Howard 1966
). See Appendix 1 for additional details of the taxonomic revision.