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Chronostratigraphy of the Mammal-Bearing Paleocene of South America 51
Thierry SEMPERE biblioteca Y. Joirriiol ofSoiiih Ainorirari Euirli Sciriin~r.Hit. 111. No. 1, pp. 49-70, 1997 Pergamon Q 1‘197 PublisIlcd hy Elscvicr Scicncc Ltd All rights rescrvcd. Printed in Grcnt nrilsin PII: S0895-9811(97)00005-9 0895-9X 11/97 t I7.ol) t o.(x) -. ‘Inshute qfI Human Origins, 1288 9th Street, Berkeley, California 94710, USA ’Orstom, 13 rue Geoffroy l’Angevin, 75004 Paris, France 3Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA Absfract - Land mammal faunas of Paleocene age in the southern Andean basin of Bolivia and NW Argentina are calibrated by regional sequence stratigraphy and rnagnetostratigraphy. The local fauna from Tiupampa in Bolivia is -59.0 Ma, and is thus early Late Paleocene in age. Taxa from the lower part of the Lumbrera Formation in NW Argentina (long regarded as Early Eocene) are between -58.0-55.5 Ma, and thus Late Paleocene in age. A reassessment of the ages of local faunas from lhe Rfo Chico Formation in the San Jorge basin, Patagonia, southern Argentina, shows that lhe local fauna from the Banco Negro Infeiior is -60.0 Ma, mak- ing this the most ancient Cenozoic mammal fauna in South,America. Critical reevaluation the ltaboraí fauna and associated or All geology in SE Brazil favors lhe interpretation that it accumulated during a sea-level lowsland between -$8.2-56.5 Ma. known South American Paleocene land inammal faunas are thus between 60.0 and 55.5 Ma (i.e. Late Paleocene) and are here assigned to the Riochican Land Maminal Age, with four subages (from oldest to youngest: Peligrian, Tiupampian, Ilaboraian, Riochican S.S.). -
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BULLETIN OF THE FLORIDA STATE MUSEUM BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Volume 11 Number 3 CATALOGUE OF FOSSIL BIRDS: Part 3 (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes) Pierce Brodkorb M,4 * . /853 0 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Gainesville 1967 Numbers of the BULLETIN OF THE FLORIDA STATE MUSEUM are pub- lished at irregular intervals. Volumes contain about 800 pages and are not nec- essarily completed in any one calendar year. WALTER AuFFENBERC, Managing Editor OLIVER L. AUSTIN, JA, Editor Consultants for this issue. ~ HILDEGARDE HOWARD ALExANDER WErMORE Communications concerning purchase or exchange of the publication and all manuscripts should be addressed to the Managing Editor of the Bulletin, Florida State Museum, Seagle Building, Gainesville, Florida. 82601 Published June 12, 1967 Price for this issue $2.20 CATALOGUE OF FOSSIL BIRDS: Part 3 ( Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes) PIERCE BRODKORBl SYNOPSIS: The third installment of the Catalogue of Fossil Birds treats 84 families comprising the orders Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, and Charadriiformes. The species included in this section number 866, of which 215 are paleospecies and 151 are neospecies. With the addenda of 14 paleospecies, the three parts now published treat 1,236 spDcies, of which 771 are paleospecies and 465 are living or recently extinct. The nominal order- Diatrymiformes is reduced in rank to a suborder of the Ralliformes, and several generally recognized families are reduced to subfamily status. These include Geranoididae and Eogruidae (to Gruidae); Bfontornithidae -
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/ Chapter 2 THE FOSSIL RECORD OF BIRDS Storrs L. Olson Department of Vertebrate Zoology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC. I. Introduction 80 II. Archaeopteryx 85 III. Early Cretaceous Birds 87 IV. Hesperornithiformes 89 V. Ichthyornithiformes 91 VI. Other Mesozojc Birds 92 VII. Paleognathous Birds 96 A. The Problem of the Origins of Paleognathous Birds 96 B. The Fossil Record of Paleognathous Birds 104 VIII. The "Basal" Land Bird Assemblage 107 A. Opisthocomidae 109 B. Musophagidae 109 C. Cuculidae HO D. Falconidae HI E. Sagittariidae 112 F. Accipitridae 112 G. Pandionidae 114 H. Galliformes 114 1. Family Incertae Sedis Turnicidae 119 J. Columbiformes 119 K. Psittaciforines 120 L. Family Incertae Sedis Zygodactylidae 121 IX. The "Higher" Land Bird Assemblage 122 A. Coliiformes 124 B. Coraciiformes (Including Trogonidae and Galbulae) 124 C. Strigiformes 129 D. Caprimulgiformes 132 E. Apodiformes 134 F. Family Incertae Sedis Trochilidae 135 G. Order Incertae Sedis Bucerotiformes (Including Upupae) 136 H. Piciformes 138 I. Passeriformes 139 X. The Water Bird Assemblage 141 A. Gruiformes 142 B. Family Incertae Sedis Ardeidae 165 79 Avian Biology, Vol. Vlll ISBN 0-12-249408-3 80 STORES L. OLSON C. Family Incertae Sedis Podicipedidae 168 D. Charadriiformes 169 E. Anseriformes 186 F. Ciconiiformes 188 G. Pelecaniformes 192 H. Procellariiformes 208 I. Gaviiformes 212 J. Sphenisciformes 217 XI. Conclusion 217 References 218 I. Introduction Avian paleontology has long been a poor stepsister to its mammalian counterpart, a fact that may be attributed in some measure to an insufRcien- cy of qualified workers and to the absence in birds of heterodont teeth, on which the greater proportion of the fossil record of mammals is founded. -
Sistemática Y Filogenia De Las Aves Fororracoideas (Gruiformes, Cariamae)
SISTEMÁTICA Y FILOGENIA DE LAS AVES FORORRACOIDEAS (GRUIFORMES, CARIAMAE) Federico Agnolín1, 2 1Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”. Av. Ángel Gallardo, 470 (1405), Buenos Aires, República Argentina. fedeagnolí[email protected] 2Área Paleontología. Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropolo- gía. CEBBAD - Universidad Maimónides. Valentín Virasoro 732 (C1405BDB), Buenos Aires, República Argentina. Sistemática y Filogenia de las Aves Fororracoideas (Gruiformes, Cariamae). Federico Agnolín. Primera edición: septiembre de 2009. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropología CEBBAD - Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Universidad Maimónides Valentín Virasoro 732 (C1405BDB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, República Argentina. Teléfono: 011-4905-1100 (int. 1228). E-mail: [email protected] Página web: www.fundacionazara.org.ar Diseño: Claudia Di Leva. Agnolín, Federico Sistemática y filogenia de las aves fororracoideas : gruiformes, cariamae / Federico Agnolín ; dirigido por Adrián Giacchino. - 1a ed. - Buenos Aires : Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, 2009. 79 p. : il. ; 30x21 cm. - (Monografías Fundación Azara / Adrián Giacchino) ISBN 978-987-25346-1-5 © Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara Queda hecho el depósito que marca la ley 11.723 Sistemática y Filogenia de las aves fororracoideas (Gruiformes, Cariamae) Resumen. En el presente trabajo se efectúa una revisión sistemática de las aves fororracoideas y se propone por primera vez una filogenia cladística para los Phororhacoidea y grupos relacionados. Se acuña el nuevo nombre Notogrues para el clado que incluye entre otros taxones a Psophia, Cariamidae y Phororhacoidea. Dentro de los Notogrues se observa una paulatina tendencia hacia la pérdida del vuelo y la carnivoría. -
Mammalia, Notoungulata), from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina
Palaeontologia Electronica palaeo-electronica.org An exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of Thomashuxleya externa (Mammalia, Notoungulata), from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina Juan D. Carrillo and Robert J. Asher ABSTRACT We describe one of the oldest notoungulate skeletons with associated cranioden- tal and postcranial elements: Thomashuxleya externa (Isotemnidae) from Cañadón Vaca in Patagonia, Argentina (Vacan subage of the Casamayoran SALMA, middle Eocene). We provide body mass estimates given by different elements of the skeleton, describe the bone histology, and study its phylogenetic position. We note differences in the scapulae, humerii, ulnae, and radii of the new specimen in comparison with other specimens previously referred to this taxon. We estimate a body mass of 84 ± 24.2 kg, showing that notoungulates had acquired a large body mass by the middle Eocene. Bone histology shows that the new specimen was skeletally mature. The new material supports the placement of Thomashuxleya as an early, divergent member of Toxodon- tia. Among placentals, our phylogenetic analysis of a combined DNA, collagen, and morphology matrix favor only a limited number of possible phylogenetic relationships, but cannot yet arbitrate between potential affinities with Afrotheria or Laurasiatheria. With no constraint, maximum parsimony supports Thomashuxleya and Carodnia with Afrotheria. With Notoungulata and Litopterna constrained as monophyletic (including Macrauchenia and Toxodon known for collagens), these clades are reconstructed on the stem -
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AMEGHINIANA (Rev. Asoc. Paleontol. Argent.) - 41 (3): 475-484. Buenos Aires, 30-09-2004 ISSN 0002-7014 A new South American mioclaenid (Mammalia: Ungulatomorpha) from the Tertiary of Patagonia, Argentina Javier N. GELFO1 Resumen. UN NUEVO MIOCLAENIDO SUDAMERICANO (MAMMALIA: UNGULATOMORPHA) DEL TERCIARIO DE PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA. Se describe un nuevo “condilartro” Mioclaenidae, proveniente de la Edad Mamífero Casamayorense, Subedad Barranquense, de Paso de Indios, Provincia del Chubut. El nuevo ta- xón Pascualodus patagoniensis gen. et sp. nov., representado por un molar superior izquierdo, es compara- do con otros Mioclaenidae, con los Didolodontidae y los más primitivos Litopterna. Una hipótesis filoge- nética provisoria es expresada a través de un cladograma de consenso estricto y uno de compromiso de mayoría. Si bien el análisis confirma la agrupación de los taxa sudamericanos en un grupo monofilético, existen numerosos puntos sin resolver. Pascualodus patagoniensis se ubica como un taxón terminal, en una politomía que reúne por un lado a los Mioclaenidae sudamericanos y por el otro, a los Didolodontidae y Litopterna. Por otra parte la consideración de caracteres dentales superiores de Escribania chubutensis, pre- viamente el único Mioclaenidae patagónico conocido, modifica sus relaciones filogenéticas vinculándolo al Didolodontidae Didolodus sp. La asignación de Pascualodus patagoniensis a los Mioclaenidae constituye el registro más moderno y el más austral de la familia. Abstract. A new Mioclaenidae “condylarth” of the Casamayoran Land Mammal Age, Barrancan subage, from Paso de Indios, Chubut Province is described. The new taxon Pascualodus patagoniensis gen. et sp. nov., represented by a left upper first molar, is compared with other Mioclaenidae; the Didolodontidae and some primitive litopterns. -
A Skull of a Very Large Crane from the Late Miocene of Southern Germany, with Notes on the Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Extant Gruinae
Journal of Ornithology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01799-0 ORIGINAL ARTICLE A skull of a very large crane from the late Miocene of Southern Germany, with notes on the phylogenetic interrelationships of extant Gruinae Gerald Mayr1 · Thomas Lechner2 · Madelaine Böhme2 Received: 3 June 2020 / Revised: 1 July 2020 / Accepted: 2 July 2020 © The Author(s) 2020 Abstract We describe a partial skull of a very large crane from the early late Miocene (Tortonian) hominid locality Hammerschmiede in southern Germany, which is the oldest fossil record of the Gruinae (true cranes). The fossil exhibits an unusual preservation in that only the dorsal portions of the neurocranium and beak are preserved. Even though it is, therefore, very fragmentary, two morphological characteristics are striking and of paleobiological signifcance: its large size and the very long beak. The fossil is from a species the size of the largest extant cranes and represents the earliest record of a large-sized crane in Europe. Overall, the specimen resembles the skull of the extant, very long-beaked Siberian Crane, Leucogeranus leucogeranus, but its afnities within Gruinae cannot be determined owing to the incomplete preservation. Judging from its size, the fossil may possibly belong to the very large “Grus” pentelici, which stems from temporally and geographically proximate sites. The long beak of the Hammerschmiede crane conforms to an open freshwater paleohabitat, which prevailed at the locality. Keywords Aves · Evolution · Gruidae · Systematics · Tortonian Zusammenfassung Ein Schädel eines sehr großen Kranichs aus dem Obermiozän Süddeutschlands, mit Bemerkungen zu den Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen heutiger Gruinae Wir beschreiben einen partiell erhaltenen Schädel eines sehr großen Kranichs aus dem frühen Obermiozän (Tortonium) der Hominiden-Fundstelle Hammerschmiede in Süddeutschland, welcher den ältesten Fossilnachweis der Gruinae (echte Kraniche) repräsentiert. -
Terræ Evolução Dos Toxodontia Da América Do Sul Durante O Cenozoico: Aspectos Dentários, Paleoclimáticos E Paleoambientais
Terræ ARTIGO DOI - 10.20396/td.v13i2.8650100 Didatica Evolução dos Toxodontia da América do Sul durante o Cenozoico: aspectos dentários, paleoclimáticos e paleoambientais EVOLUTION OF TOXODONTIA FROM SOUTH AMERICA DURING THE CENOZOIC: DENTAL, PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS PATRÍCIA RODRIGUES BRAUNN1 & ANA MARIA RIBEIRO1, 2 1- Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Sul, Prog. de Pós Grad. em Geociências, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. - [email protected] 2- Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fund. Zoobotânica do RS. (MCN/FZBRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. - [email protected] ABSTRACT: The notoungulates are native South American ungulates recorded from Manuscrito: the Paleocene to the Pleistocene, and whose diversity declined dramatically during Recebido:24/08/2016 the Pliocene, reaching Central America and North America during the Pleistocene. Corrigido: 25/06/2017 Notoungulates evolved under climatic and environmental influence, from archaic Aceito: 19/07/2017 lineages, with generalized masticatory apparatus, with complete dentition, without diastema, and with brachydont premolars and molars, to specialized forms with Citation: Braunn P. R. & Ribeiro A. M. 2017. hypertrophied incisors, simplified occlusal crown patterns and protohypsodont and Evolução dos Toxodontia da América do Sul durante euhypsodont forms. These communities lived first in warm and humid forest habitats, o Cenozoico: aspectos dentários, paleoclimáticos e and later, in relatively temperate grasslands in open habitats with a strong tendency paleoambientais. Terræ Didatica, -
Titanis Walleri: Bones of Contention
Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. Hist. (2005) 45(4): 201-229 201 TITANIS WALLERI: BONES OF CONTENTION Gina C. Gould1 and Irvy R. Quitmyer2 Titanis walleri, one of the largest and possibly the last surviving member of the otherwise South American Phorusrhacidae is re- considered in light of all available data. The only verified phorusrhacid recovered in North America, Titanis was believed to exhibit a forward-extending arm with a flexible claw instead of a traditional bird wing like the other members of this extinct group. Our review of the already described and undescribed Titanis material housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History suggest that Titanis: (1) was like other phorusrhacids in sporting small, ineffectual ratite-like wings; (2) was among the tallest of the known phorusrhacids; and (3) is the last known member of its lineage. Hypotheses of its range extending into the Pleistocene of Texas are challenged, and herein Titanis is presumed to have suffered the same fate of many other Pliocene migrants of the Great American Interchange: extinction prior to the Pleistocene. Key Words: Phorusrhacidae; Great American Biotic Interchange; Florida; Pliocene; Titanis INTRODUCTION men on the tarsometatarsus, these specimens were as- Titanis walleri (Brodkorb 1963), more commonly known signed to the Family Phorusrhacidae (Brodkorb 1963) as the North American ‘Terror Bird’, is one of the larg- and named after both a Titan Goddess from Greek my- est known phorusrhacids, an extinct group of flightless thology and Benjamin Waller, the discoverer of the fos- carnivorous birds from the Tertiary of South America, sils (Zimmer 1997). Since then, isolated Titanis mate- and most likely, the last known member of its lineage rial has been recovered from three other localities in (Brodkorb 1967; Tonni 1980; Marshall 1994; Alvarenga Florida (Table 1; Fig. -
American Museum Novitates
AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES Number 3737, 64 pp. February 29, 2012 New leontiniid Notoungulata (Mammalia) from Chile and Argentina: comparative anatomy, character analysis, and phylogenetic hypotheses BRUCE J. SHOCKEY,1 JOHN J. FLYNN,2 DARIN A. CROFT,3 PHILLIP GANS,4 ANDRÉ R. WYSS5 ABSTRACT Herein we describe and name two new species of leontiniid notoungulates, one being the first known from Chile, the other from the Deseadan South American Land Mammal Age (SALMA) of Patagonia, Argentina. The Chilean leontiniid is from the lower horizons of the Cura-Mallín Formation (Tcm1) at Laguna del Laja in the Andean Main Range of central Chile. This new species, Colpodon antucoensis, is distinguishable from Patagonian species of Colpodon by way of its smaller I2; larger I3 and P1; sharper, V-shaped snout; and squarer upper premo- lars. The holotype came from a horizon that is constrained below and above by 40Ar/39Ar ages of 19.53 ± 0.60 and 19.25 ± 1.22, respectively, suggesting an age of roughly 19.5 Ma, or a little older (~19.8 Ma) when corrected for a revised age of the Fish Canyon Tuff standard. Either age is slightly younger than ages reported for the Colhuehuapian SALMA fauna at the Gran Bar- ranca. Taxa from the locality of the holotype of C. antucoensis are few, but they (e.g., the mylo- dontid sloth, Nematherium, and a lagostomine chinchillid) also suggest a post-Colhuehuapian 1Department of Biology, Manhattan College, New York, NY 10463; and Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History. 2Division of Paleontology, and Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History. -
Middle Miocene Rodents from Quebrada Honda, Bolivia
MIDDLE MIOCENE RODENTS FROM QUEBRADA HONDA, BOLIVIA JENNIFER M. H. CHICK Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Thesis Adviser: Dr. Darin Croft Department of Biology CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY May, 2009 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES We hereby approve the thesis/dissertation of _____________________________________________________ candidate for the ______________________degree *. (signed)_______________________________________________ (chair of the committee) ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ (date) _______________________ *We also certify that written approval has been obtained for any proprietary material contained therein. Table of Contents List of Tables ...................................................................................................................... ii List of Figures.................................................................................................................... iii Abstract.............................................................................................................................. iv Introduction..........................................................................................................................1 Materials and Methods.........................................................................................................7