First Record and a new species of Seriemas (Aves: Ralliformes: Cariamidae) from Santacrucian (early-middle Miocene) beds of Patagonia

NORIEGA J.I.; VIZCAÍNO S. F.; BARGO M. S.

JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

SOC VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Año: 2009 vol. 29 p. 620 - 626

0272-4634

In this contribution we present new remains of seriemas recovered in 2005 by a joint expedition of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina, and Duke University, USA. They come from the middle levels of the Santa Cruz Formation (Upper-middle Miocene) along the Atlantic coast of southernmost continental Patagonia, Argentina, between the Coyle and Gallegos rivers. These localities are situated at about 52 degrees South latitude, about 100 km north to the Magallanes Strait