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

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Cenizo, Marcos, Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Paleontological Society
• Subjects: Pelagornithidae; Antarctica; Tertiary; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Seymour; Marcos; Seymour Island; Pampa; Alicia; Acosta; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/53468

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...