A well-perserved partial skeleton of the poorly kown early Miocene seriema Noriegavis santacrucensis

• Autorzy: Mayr G. , Noriega J.I.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Seriemas (Cariamidae) include two extant species, Cariama cristata and Chunga burmeisteri, which live in semi-open plains of South America and have a poorly documented evolutionary history. One of the earliest fossil representatives of Cariamidae is the recently described Noriegavis santacrucensis from the early Miocene Santa Cruz Formation (Argentina). So far, however, this species was only known from a cranium and tentatively referred distal tibiotarsi, and its phylogenetic assignment has been questioned. Here we describe a well-preserved partial skeleton from the Santa Cruz Formation, which substantiates the classification of Noriegavis in Cariamidae. Plesiomorphic features show N. santa-crucensis to be outside crown group Cariamidae, but the species is nevertheless very similar to its modern relatives and documents that the osteology of seriemas underwent only few changes during the past 16 million years.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 60
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.589-598,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Mayr G.

• Ornithological Section, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckeberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

autor

Noriega J.I.

• Laboratorio de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, CICYTTP-CONICET, Materi y Espana, (3105) Diamante, Entre Rios, Argentina

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10.4202/app.00011.2013