The Cretaceous Neornithine record and new Vegaviidae specimens from the López de Bertodano Formation (Upper Maastrichthian) of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
• Main Authors: GEOVANE A. DE SOUZA, BRUNO A. BULAK, MARINA B. SOARES, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, LUIZ CARLOS WEINSCHÜTZ, ALESSANDRO BATEZELLI, ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2023
• Subjects: Mesozoic birds; Neornithes; Vegavis; Antarctica; James Ross; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Vega Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202320230802; https://doaj.org/article/efcff08b6fa04155bf9779866f59facd

Abstract A worldwide revision of the Cretaceous record of Neornithes (crown birds) revealed that unambiguous neornithine taxa are extremely scarce, with only a few showing diagnostic features to be confidently assigned to that group. Here we report two new neornithine specimens from Vega Island (Lóp...