The southernmost records of anhingidae and a new basal species of anatidae (aves) from the lower-middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina

Alcheringa

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-514

  Cenizo, Marcos Martín ^a,b   Agnolín, Federico Lisandro ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Anhingidae; Argentina; Extinction; Lower middle miocene; Patagonia; Santacrucian

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; PLIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

PATAGONIA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANHINGIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; DENDROCYGNA; MACRANHINGA; MAMMALIA; PHALACROCORACIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 78649496747     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115511003793504     Document Type: Article

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