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PAL 641987, l coracoid: sternal half lacking the lateral process and with much of the dorsal surface of the bone damaged, collected in the 1990s. The bone agrees in morphological details with the four species under consideration but does not preserve enough morphological detail to allow for diagnosis at the species level. It is moderately larger than comparative skeletons of
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FC1EFED87B7DFE8D" box="[950,1082,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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. The bone has been gnawed by a small mammal, likely a rodent.
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PAL 641975, l coracoid: shaft missing sternal end and part of processus acrocoracoideus, collected
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. In galliforms, the ventral surface of the shaft typically has a blunt crest running from the acrocoracoid process nearly to the sternal end of the bone. The fossil differs from
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,
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, and
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FB64FE487A23FE1D" box="[1228,1380,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">F. canadensis</emphasis>
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, and agrees with
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FEB6FD947EE5FDF1" box="[286,418,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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, in having this crest more prominent, so that the ventral surface attains a more acute angle. It differs from
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FEE8FDB07E81FDD5" box="[320,454,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FE57FDB07DD0FDD5" box="[511,663,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">F. canadensis</emphasis>
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, and agrees more with
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,
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in having a wider facies articularis humeralis. This combination of attributes leaves the generic assignment of the bone uncertain.
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, l scapula: cranial one-third only, collected on
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. The bone is immature, with its shaft heavily striated and articular surfaces pitted. It is smaller than comparative adult
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FB72FD047ADBFD41" box="[1242,1436,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">Bonasa umbellus</emphasis>
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skeletons
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.
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PAL 641974, l humerus: shaft only, preserving the proximal tip of the brachial depression, collected in the 1990s. The bone appears adult. The size of the bone and the stout, curvy shaft agree well with
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FB40FD687A2BFCFD" box="[1256,1388,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FF3FFCB47E68FCD1" box="[151,303,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">F. canadensis</emphasis>
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.
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PAL 11690, l humerus: distal half, referred to
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FC89FCD07CE2FCB5" box="[801,933,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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by
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. A well-preserved specimen that agrees in fine detail with
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FDB0FCFC7DDCFC69" box="[536,667,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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but also closely resembles
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FC64FCFC7B05FC69" box="[972,1090,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">L. lagopus</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C1F00F2FFF0FFE0FBDFFCFC7A55FC69" box="[1143,1298,873,899]" class="Aves" family="Corvidae" genus="Perisoreus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="118" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">F. canadensis</taxonomicName>
.
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In the comparative series examined,
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FE11FC187D7AFC4D" box="[441,573,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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tends to have a more distinct olecranon fossa than the other two species. The fossil tends to agree with
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in this regard, but the trait is variable and is insufficient grounds for positive attribution.
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PAL 641988, abraded ulnare collected in the 1990s. An uncatalogued radiale, stored with this one and with the same provenience data, could well be the same species.
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, ulnare: complete, collected on
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.
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, left carpometacarpus: proximal end only, collected by
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probably on
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(illegible)
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.
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PAL 641977, l femur: shaft only, collected in 2009.Agrees with
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FC4AFB387B23FB2D" box="[994,1124,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FB30FB387A69FB2D" box="[1176,1326,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">F. canadensis</emphasis>
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in having the caudal intramuscular lines less wide-set than in
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FD79FB447C76FB01" box="[721,817,1234,1259]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">Lagopus</emphasis>
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. The shaft circumference is greater than in comparative skeletons of
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FE8DFB607EEEFAE5" box="[293,425,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FE77FB607D30FAE5" box="[479,631,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">F. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but still much smaller than in
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FC7CFB637B2AFAE5" box="[980,1133,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">Tympanuchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<subSubSection id="C30528FAFFF0FFE0FF6FFA8C7C5CF955" pageId="7" pageNumber="118" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FF6FFA8C7E7CFADE" bold="true" box="[199,315,1306,1332]" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">Remarks.</emphasis>
I have referred only two of the ten bones of
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in the assemblage to
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FB03FA8C7A77FAD9" box="[1195,1328,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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and have left the rest unidentified to genus, including the distal humerus referred to the species by
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. As
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observed, postcranial skeletal elements of
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FD59FAF47C34FA91" box="[753,883,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FC0FFAF47B7AFA91" box="[935,1085,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">F. canadensis</emphasis>
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, other than the tarsometatarsus, generally cannot be distinguished. However, I note that the other eight bones provide no clear evidence to refute the supposition that
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FED0FA3C7EBBFA29" box="[376,508,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the only species of
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present. Note too that although I referred the two tarsometatarsi to the living species, it is possible that they instead represent a chronospecies of
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FB7CFA587A1DFA0D" box="[1236,1370,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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or an extinct species of
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FEC9FA647EF2F9E1" box="[353,437,1522,1547]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">Bonasa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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Cumberland Bone Cave provides the sole Irvingtonian fossil record of
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FC4BF9807B20F9C5" box="[995,1127,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">B. umbellus</emphasis>
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and the oldest fossil record of the genus and species. The species has been reported from late Pleistocene and Holocene sites in North America, particularly in the southeast (e.g.,
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;
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FBF1F9C87A5CF99D" box="[1113,1307,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">Bonasa umbellus</emphasis>
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is the only extant species of grouse that occurs in the mid-latitude Appalachians or in the mixed hardwood forest habitat that is characteristic of the region at present (
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Rusch
<emphasis id="B96BA763FFF0FFE0FD3BF9307D8CF955" box="[659,715,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">et al.</emphasis>
2000
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).
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