page_title: Mare aux Songes
section_title: Birds
hierarchical_section_title: Mare aux Songes / Paleofauna / Birds
caption_attribution_description: English: Plate XXXIII from Edward Newton and Hans Gadow's On additional bones of the Dodo and other extinct birds of Mauritius obtained by Mr. Théodore Sauzier. 11–18: Mascarenotus sauzieri 11 Inner view of humerus. f: pneumatic foramen. 12 Outer view of humerus. 13 Left tibia, front view. p: peroneal crest; f: distal portion of fibula&#160;; l: attachment of transverse ligament. 14 Posterior view of right tarso-metatarsus. h: bony bridge across the tendon of the m. tibialis anticus. 15 Anterior view of right tarso-metatarsus. b: facet for the hallux's metatarsal; i: insertion of the m. tibialis anticus. 16 Proximal end of the tarsus. 17 Posterior view of the small pair of tarso-metatarsals. 18 Anterior view of the small pair of tarso-metatarsals.
context_page_description: The Mare aux Songes swamp is a lagerstätte located close to the sea in south eastern Mauritius. Many subfossils of recently extinct animals have accumulated in the swamp, which was once a lake, and some of the first subfossil remains of dodos were found there.
caption: Mauritius owl fossils
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