Help With Green River Bird Leg

[RCFossils]

I purchased a fossil collection several years ago that contained a beautifully preserved bird leg with some feathers preserved.

It is was collected in the Green River Formation of Southwestern Wyoming.

I know very little about fossil birds and am hoping someone on the Forum might be able to narrow the ID down to what family of bird it might be.

Any Help will be greatly appreciated.

[RCFossils]

[Wolf89]

@Auspex

 

Very cool fossil!

[RCFossils]

[Fossildude19]

@Auspex   @sseth

[Thecosmilia Trichitoma]

This might help : https://www.nps.gov/fobu/learn/nature/fossil-birds.htm

[Auspex]

Just focusing on the tarsometatarsus, which stands out because it is so extremely gracile, this would have been a very small plover-like bird, on the scale of a modern Least Sandpiper.

That's all I got.

[Fossildude19]

41 minutes ago, Auspex said:

Just focusing on the tarsometatarsus, which stands out because it is so extremely gracile, this would have been a very small plover-like bird, on the scale of a modern Least Sandpiper.

That's all I got.

Well, that was more than I had.   

 

[RCFossils]

2 hours ago, Auspex said:

Just focusing on the tarsometatarsus, which stands out because it is so extremely gracile, this would have been a very small plover-like bird, on the scale of a modern Least Sandpiper.

That's all I got.

Thanks Auspex!

I appreciate your evaluation of the fossil.