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

• 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

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...