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Left Tarsometatarsus (Left Fused Element Consisting of Ankle and Middle Foot Bones) of the Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja (YPM 102558)


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Phylogenic Position
Aves - Neognathae - Ciconiiformes - Threskiornithidae - Platalea ajaja
Species Description
The Roseate Spoonbill is the only pink species of spoonbill. Like Flamingos, the Roseate Spoonbill gets its color from the crustaceans it eats. Spoonbills have distinctive spatulate bills which they sweep from side to side in the water. When they touch a small fish, insect or crustacean the bill snaps shut and the prey is caught. Spoonbills will often hunt cooperatively, advancing in a line through the water. The Roseate Spoonbill is found in the South and Central America as well as the southern coast of the United States.
Specimen Information
Species Platalea ajaja (Roseate Spoonbill)
Element Left Tarsometatarsus (Left Fused Element Consisting of Ankle and Middle Foot Bones)
Specimen Number YPM 102558
Sex
Location
Geological Age Recent
 
Technical Information
Scanner Konica Minolta Range7
Resolution 100 µm
Number of Data Points 123450
Number of Data Polygons 61750
Date Scanned May 13, 2010
Scan Technician Abby Grace Drake
Edited By Stephanie John
 
Photographs


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Download Digital Model Size
STL File Not Publicly Available 6.2 MB
Other Platalea ajaja (Roseate Spoonbill) Elements
Specimen Element
YPM 102558 Mandible (Jawbone )
YPM 102558 Left Humerus (Left Upper Arm Bone)
YPM 102558 Right Humerus (Right Upper Arm Bone)
YPM 102558 Right Tarsometatarsus (Right Fused Element Consisting of Ankle and Middle Foot Bones)
YPM 102558 Sternum (Breast Bone)
YPM 102558 Furcula (Wishbone)
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