Diversity of pseudo-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Marcos Cenizo, Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche, Marcelo Reguero
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Paleontological Society 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2015.48

The Antarctic pelagornithid record is restricted to few isolated remains from the Eocene of Seymour Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. Here we report the oldest Antarctic pseudo-toothed bird. It is represented by an incomplete humerus lacking its proximal end, which comes from the lower Eocene level...