Primer registro de pelícano (Aves: Pelecanidae) para el Mioceno tardío de la formación Pisco, Perú

A fossil quadrate bone referred to the genus Pelecanus is described. This fossil comes from the Montemar deposit of the Pisco Formation in the South-Central coast of Perú (Arequipa region). Comparison with the extant species Pelecanus thagus and P. occidentalis and the fossil P. schreiberi from the...

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Main Author: Alí J. Altamirano-Sierra
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Institut Français d'Études Andines 2013-03-01
Series:Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/700