. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 8 19 2 0 2 Fig. 2. Nucleornis insoUtus, tarsometatarsus SAM-PQ-MBD3. Dorsal and plantar views. Discussion Although MBD3 is somewhat more nearly complete, MBD4 has crucial structure better preserved and is therefore selected as the holotype. MBD4 is slightly smaller than MBD3 but the morphology is almost identical in the two and the difference in size is well within the expected size range of this bone in a single species of penguins. MBD7 from the same deposit is a right radius of size appropriate fo
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 8 19 2 0 2 Fig. 2. Nucleornis insoUtus, tarsometatarsus SAM-PQ-MBD3. Dorsal and plantar views. Discussion Although MBD3 is somewhat more nearly complete, MBD4 has crucial structure better preserved and is therefore selected as the holotype. MBD4 is slightly smaller than MBD3 but the morphology is almost identical in the two and the difference in size is well within the expected size range of this bone in a single species of penguins. MBD7 from the same deposit is a right radius of size appropriate for this species and probably belonging to it. It lacks the distal end. The part preserved is characteristically spheniscid but does not clearly show any particularly distinctive features. As reference to the species is not certain and it would add no diagnostic characters, it is not included in the hypodigm. Gen. et sp. indet. Material MBD70, left humerus, proximal and distal ends incomplete. This bone is from the excavation for the reactor and all the others are from that for the pump station, but as noted above all are from the same bed (Fig. 3). MBDIO, right humerus, so badly abraded as to have little remaining character. MBDl, left tibiotarsus, lacking proximal end. MBD2, left coracoid, lacking posterior end. Discussion These bones could all belong to a single species, although there is no assurance that they do so. None can be confidently identified to genus or species. They are all definitely too small to belong to Nucleornis Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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