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LOT 2366
Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in. (49.2 grams total, 47-61 mm).
Comprising four eggshell sections from Aepyornis. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Literature
See Fuller, E., Extinct Birds, Oxford University Press, 2000; see also Lucien, M. A., Rakotozafy et Goodman, S.M., Contribution à l'étude zooarchéologique de la région du Sud-Ouest et extême Sud de Madagascar sur la base des collections de l'ICMAA de l'université d'Antananarivo; and Milne Edwards, A., Masson, G., Research on the Extinct Ornothological Fauna of the Island of Madagascar, 1866, for information on these birds.
Footnotes
The elephant bird was a gigantic, flightless bird, measuring nearly 10 feet in height, and lived on the island of Madagascar until it became extinct, possibly as late as the 17th century.
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