New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium

We present new records of fossil birds from the Pliocene deep marine deposits of the Kattendijk and Kallo Sands Formations of Belgium. Hitherto the only bird formally described from these deposits is the giant flying alcid Alca stewarti. Now we note the presence of two more named fossil species with...

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Main Authors: Dyke, Gareth J., Walker, C.A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Kallo
fratercula
Online Access:https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/205247/
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spelling ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:205247 2023-07-30T04:03:32+02:00 New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium Dyke, Gareth J. Walker, C.A. 2005 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/205247/ unknown Dyke, Gareth J. and Walker, C.A. (2005) New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, 241 (4), 233-247. Article PeerReviewed 2005 ftsouthampton 2023-07-09T21:24:47Z We present new records of fossil birds from the Pliocene deep marine deposits of the Kattendijk and Kallo Sands Formations of Belgium. Hitherto the only bird formally described from these deposits is the giant flying alcid Alca stewarti. Now we note the presence of two more named fossil species within the genus Alca (A. ausonia, A. antiqua), along with a fragmentary record of a taxon even larger than Alca stewarti. In addition to these seabirds, new records of a puffin (Fratercula sp.), a skua (Stercorarius sp.), and a small passerine (Allotacilla sp.) are presented. This collection of fossil birds comprises part of the first Pliocene avifauna to be described from Belgium and appears to be remarkably consistent in its composition to deposits of the same age in North America. Article in Journal/Newspaper fratercula University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Kallo ENVELOPE(24.517,24.517,67.423,67.423)
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description We present new records of fossil birds from the Pliocene deep marine deposits of the Kattendijk and Kallo Sands Formations of Belgium. Hitherto the only bird formally described from these deposits is the giant flying alcid Alca stewarti. Now we note the presence of two more named fossil species within the genus Alca (A. ausonia, A. antiqua), along with a fragmentary record of a taxon even larger than Alca stewarti. In addition to these seabirds, new records of a puffin (Fratercula sp.), a skua (Stercorarius sp.), and a small passerine (Allotacilla sp.) are presented. This collection of fossil birds comprises part of the first Pliocene avifauna to be described from Belgium and appears to be remarkably consistent in its composition to deposits of the same age in North America.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Dyke, Gareth J.
Walker, C.A.
spellingShingle Dyke, Gareth J.
Walker, C.A.
New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium
author_facet Dyke, Gareth J.
Walker, C.A.
author_sort Dyke, Gareth J.
title New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium
title_short New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium
title_full New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium
title_fullStr New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium
title_full_unstemmed New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium
title_sort new records of fossil birds from the pliocene of kallo, belgium
publishDate 2005
url https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/205247/
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op_relation Dyke, Gareth J. and Walker, C.A. (2005) New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, 241 (4), 233-247.
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