Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary

• Published in: The Science of Nature
• Main Authors: Agnolin, Federico, Brissón Egli, Federico, Chatterjee, Sankar, García Marsa, Jordi Alexis, Novas, Fernando Emilio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: GONDWANA; NEORNITHES; VEGAVIIDAE; VEGAVIS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentino; Fossa; New Zealand; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/50697

The fossil record of Late Cretaceous-Paleogene modern birds in the Southern Hemisphere includes the Maastrichtian Neogaeornis wetzeli from Chile, Polarornis gregorii and Vegavis iaai from Antarctica, and Australornis lovei from the Paleogene of New Zealand. The recent finding of a new and nearly com...