The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Megaloscelornis
‡ (Struthionidae; syn. Struthio Ϯ Siwalik Ostrich S. sivalensis) Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē large, mighty; σκελος skelos leg; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "I am not aware of any living or fossil bird (except the Ratidæ), which has a tibia approaching in size to that of our fossil. These two bones indicate the former existence of a carinate bird, probably allied to the adjutant, but which in stoutness and length of limb was intermediate in size between the ostrich and the emeu. I propose to call this bird Megaloscelornis sivalensis (1); the remains I hope to describe more fully on a subsequent occasion. ... (1) μεγας -αλος, σκελος, ορνις" (Lydekker 1879).
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