Review of the Cretaceous avian diversity of Antarctica: a changing scenario for the evolution of early Neornithine birds

• Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Irazoqui, Facundo Martín, Bona, Paula, Paulina Carabajal, Ariana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Intitute of China; Chinese Society for Oceanography Science Press
• Subjects: MAASTRICHTIAN; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; VEGA ISLAND; SEYMOUR (MARAMBIO) ISLAND; NEORNITHES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Acosta; Alicia; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Marambio; Patagonia; Paulina; Seymour; The Antarctic; Vega Island; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/235423

The worldwide record of Cretaceous Neornithes and Neornithine-like birds is both controversial and poorly understood. However, in recent years, the Antarctic continent has yielded a substantial number of Maastrichtian avian specimens, contributing significantly to our understanding of the early evol...