Fringillidae

James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, Zootaxa 4772 (1), pp. 111-131 : 125

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FA9664B5-0439-44E0-BDFA-485CF1C2CCEF
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3815466
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B6CA67-FFF9-FFE9-FF3F-FD4F7A4FFC03
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Fringillidae
status

Treatment

Fringillidae View in CoL / Cardinalidae

Indeterminate Finch

Material. USNM PAL 641995, l quadrate lacking orbital process. Collected in the 1990s.

Description. Agrees in general form with species in the Fringillidae and Cardinalidae that have finch-like bill shapes. The limited extent of pneumatization of the caudal surface of the otic process suggests that the quadrate is assignable to Fringillidae not Cardinalidae . In size, it is somewhat smaller than Cardinalis cardinalis .