Abstract
Two pedal phalanges (ph. 1 dig. 3 sin. and ph. 3 dig. 3 dex.) are referred to Otis hellenica sp. nov., larger than the recent Otis tarda with estimated body weight of ca. 19 kg. Kryopigi is a new, the sixth avian Neogene locality of Greece. The finds represent the first Neogene record of bustards in the country and their first Miocene record on the Balkan Peninsula.
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