The Birds from the Early Pleistocene of Ceyssaguet (Lavoute-sur-Loire, Haute-Loire, France): Description of a New Species of the Genus Aquila

• Published in: Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile, Bonifay, Marie-Francoise
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Accipitridae; Aves; Corvidae; Early Pleistocene; France; Late Villafranchian; Phalacrocoracidae; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Accipiter gentilis; Northern Goshawk
• Online Access: https://univ-lyon1.hal.science/hal-02327175; https://doi.org/10.4000/quaternaire.9957

International audience The Ceyssaguet avifauna includes four taxa, among which a new species of the genus Aquila, dedicated to Claude Guerin. and characterized by a larger size and different proportions from the other species of this genus. It also includes the recent species Phalacrocorax carbo, the Great Cormorant, the presence of which can be explained by the proximity ol' a lake and also of the Loire River. The presence of Accipiter gentilis. the Northern Goshawk, indicates a wooded environment, which agrees well with the results of the pollen analysis.