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'''''Goliathia''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[shoebill]]. The [[holotype]] is an [[ulna]] recovered from lower beds of the [[Jebel Qatrani Formation]] in [[Faiyum Governorate]] in [[Egypt]]. Initially thought to be a heron, an additional bone, a [[tarsometatarsus]], showed this bird to be closely related to the living shoebill. Its full name is ''Goliathia andrewsii'', but may be closely related enough to be classed within the same genus as the living species. The ancient habitat was likely a thickly vegetated freshwater swamp, with this species and a fossil jacana, as well as lungfish and catfish recovered from it. The same size as the living shoebill, it likely ate lungfish and catfish.<ref name="rasmussen87">{{cite journal| |
'''''Goliathia''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[shoebill]]. The [[holotype]] is an [[ulna]] recovered from lower beds of the [[Jebel Qatrani Formation]] in [[Faiyum Governorate]] in [[Egypt]]. Initially thought to be a heron, an additional bone, a [[tarsometatarsus]], showed this bird to be closely related to the living shoebill. Its full name is ''Goliathia andrewsii'', but may be closely related enough to be classed within the same genus as the living species. The ancient habitat was likely a thickly vegetated freshwater swamp, with this species and a fossil jacana, as well as lungfish and catfish recovered from it. The same size as the living shoebill, it likely ate lungfish and catfish.<ref name="rasmussen87">{{cite journal|author1=D. Tab Rasmussen |author2=Storrs L. Olson |author3=Elwyn L. Simons |year=1987|title=Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt|journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology|issue=62|pages=30–31|url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Paleobiology/pdf_hi/SCtP-0062.pdf|accessdate=30 April 2012}}</ref> |
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==Sources== |
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* ''The Origin and Evolution of Birds'' by Alan Feduccia, ISBN 978-0300078619 |
* ''The Origin and Evolution of Birds'' by Alan Feduccia, ISBN 978-0300078619 |
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| Goliathia Temporal range: Oligocene
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| Genus: | Goliathia Lambrecht, 1930
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| Species: | G. andrewsii
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Goliathia is an extinct genus of shoebill. The holotype is an ulna recovered from lower beds of the Jebel Qatrani Formation in Faiyum Governorate in Egypt. Initially thought to be a heron, an additional bone, a tarsometatarsus, showed this bird to be closely related to the living shoebill. Its full name is Goliathia andrewsii, but may be closely related enough to be classed within the same genus as the living species. The ancient habitat was likely a thickly vegetated freshwater swamp, with this species and a fossil jacana, as well as lungfish and catfish recovered from it. The same size as the living shoebill, it likely ate lungfish and catfish.[1]
Sources
- ^ D. Tab Rasmussen; Storrs L. Olson; Elwyn L. Simons (1987). "Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (62): 30–31. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia, ISBN 978-0300078619