Avian diversity and behavior in an Eocene coastal plain, Svalbard: the ichnological evidence

• Published in: Ichnos
• Main Authors: Melchor, Ricardo Nestor, Uchman, Alfred, Steel, Ronald J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: AQUATILAVIPES; BIRD FOOTPRINT; GRUIPEDA; GYEONGSANGORNIPES; SHOREBIRD; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Arctic; Svalbard; Austin; Ellesmere Island; Argentina; Ricardo; Pampa; Nestor; Aspelintoppen; Storvola
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/115771

This study presents an ichnotaxonomical assessment of bird footprints from a coastal plain setting in the Eocene lower to middle Aspelintoppen Formation in Brongniartfjellet and Storvola, Svalbard. These footprints are unique evidence for Paleogene birds from Svalbard and the second evidence of Pale...