The Cretaceous Neornithine record and new Vegaviidae specimens from the López de Bertodano Formation (Upper Maastrichthian) of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula

The Cretaceous Neornithine record and new Vegaviidae specimens from the López de Bertodano Formation (Upper Maastrichthian) of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Abstract A worldwide revision of the Cretaceous record of Neornithes (crown birds) revealed that unambiguous neornithine taxa are extremely scarce, with only a few showing diagnostic features to be confidently assigned to that group. Here we report two new neornithine specimens from Vega Island (Lóp...

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Main Authors: GEOVANE A. DE SOUZA, BRUNO A. BULAK, MARINA B. SOARES, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, LUIZ CARLOS WEINSCHÜTZ, ALESSANDRO BATEZELLI, ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2023-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Mesozoic birds
Neornithes
Vegavis
Antarctica
James Ross
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