Pinicola pyrrhula Pieper, Olson, Pereira & Alcover, 2017, n.sp. ...

Pyrrhula crassa n.sp. (FIgureS 3, 4, 5, and Supplementary fIgureS In AppendIX 2) Holotype. MCMa 2002.016: fragmentary mandIble, wIth a near Complete rIght half, wIthout proCeSSuS medIalIS mandIbulae and a fragment of the proCeSSuS CoronoIdeuS, and the left ramuS mandIbulae broken (FIgure 3 A`). Coll...

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Main Authors: Pieper, H., Olson, Storrs L., Pereira, F., Alcover, J. A.
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Published: Zenodo 2017
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6029778
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6029778
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Summary:Pyrrhula crassa n.sp. (FIgureS 3, 4, 5, and Supplementary fIgureS In AppendIX 2) Holotype. MCMa 2002.016: fragmentary mandIble, wIth a near Complete rIght half, wIthout proCeSSuS medIalIS mandIbulae and a fragment of the proCeSSuS CoronoIdeuS, and the left ramuS mandIbulae broken (FIgure 3 A`). ColleCted by E. TorreS, J.C. Illera, J.C. Rando, H. PIeper, O. Runze & J.A. AlCover, 20– 24.06.2015. Type locality. Furna do CalCInhaS, Small Cave (22.5 m length, 7 m wIde, 3.5 m maXImum heIght) SItuated at 175 m a.S.l. InSIde the CaldeIra volCano, SoutheaStern portIon of Ilha da GraCIoSa, AzoreS (FIgure 1). Horizon. HoloCene. The CaldeIra volCano IS 12,000 yearS old (França et al. 2003), So the materIalS InSIde the Cave are neCeSSarIly younger. The remaInS of a Fringilla obtaIned In the Same SedImentary unIt aS the materIal of the new SpeCIeS yIelded a 14C age of 3029±31BP (1400-1190 Cal BC; RICH-21754). Status. EXtInCt. Etymology. From LatIn, crassa, thICk, referrIng to the large SIze of the SpeCIeS and ... : Published as part of Pieper, H., Olson, Storrs L., Pereira, F. & Alcover, J. A., 2017, A new extinct species of large bullfinch (Aves: Fringillidae: Pyrrhula) from Graciosa Island (Azores, North Atlantic Ocean), pp. 567-583 in Zootaxa 4282 (3) on pages 571-574, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/828016 ...