Aaepyornis maximus Madagascar 5000-10000 years 126 x 45 x 45 cm Provenance: Swiss private collection Amazing specimen of an Aepyornis leg in excellent condition. Femur, tibiotarsus and tarsus metatarsus and even the phalanges are complete and unrestored. For full description of Aepyornis see lot 1878 ELEFANTENVOGEL BEIN Aepyornis maximus Madagaskar 5000-10000 Jahre 126 x 45 x 45 cm Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung Elefantenv?gel sind Mitglieder der ausgestorbenen Laufvogelfamilie Aepyornithidae, die aus grossen bis riesigen flugunf?higen V?geln besteht, die einst auf der Insel Madagaskar lebten. Sie starben etwa 1000-1200 n. Chr. aus. Die Elefantenv?gel umfassten die Gattungen Mullerornis, Vorombe und Aepyornis. Obwohl sie in unmittelbarer geografischer N?he zum Strauss lebten, sind ihre n?chsten lebenden Verwandten die Kiwis (die es nur in Neuseeland gibt), was darauf hindeutet, dass sich die Laufv?gel nicht durch Vikariate w?hrend des Auseinanderbrechens von Gondwana diversifiziert haben, sondern von Vorfahren abstammen, die sich in jüngerer Zeit durch Fliegen verbreitet haben. Erstaunliches Exemplar eines Aepyornis-Beins in hervorragendem Zustand. Oberschenkelknochen, Tibiotarsus und Tarsus Metatarsus und sogar die Phalangen sind vollst?ndig und unrestauriert.
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