First bird remains from the Eocene of Algarrobo, central Chile Primeros restos de aves del Eoceno de Algarrobo, Chile central

Paleogene records of birds in the Eastern margin of the Pacific Ocean have increased in recent years, being almost exclusively restricted to fossil Sphenisciformes (penguins). New avian remains (Ornithurae, Neornithes) from Middle-to-Late Eocene levels of the Estratos de Algarrobo unit, in Algarrobo...

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Published in:Andean Geology
Main Authors: Yury Yáñez, Roberto E., Otero, Rodrigo A., Soto Acuña, Sergio, Suárez, Mario E., Rubilar Rogers, David, Sallaberry Ayerza, Michel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Algarrobo
Biogeography
Birds
Chile
Eocene
Magallanes
Pacific
Seymour
Seymour Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5027/andgeoV39n3-a10
https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/154991
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Summary:Paleogene records of birds in the Eastern margin of the Pacific Ocean have increased in recent years, being almost exclusively restricted to fossil Sphenisciformes (penguins). New avian remains (Ornithurae, Neornithes) from Middle-to-Late Eocene levels of the Estratos de Algarrobo unit, in Algarrobo, central Chile, are disclosed in the present work. These new finds are significant in representing the first non-spheniscid bird remains of Middle to Late Eocene age, recovered in mid-latitudes of the eastern Pacific and probably belonging to a procelarid. It complements the regional record of Eocene birds, previously known only at high-latitudes such as Seymour Island (Antarctica) and Magallanes (Chile), and low-latitude locations in Peru.

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