Oldest record of Thinocoridae (Aves, Charadriiformes) from South America

CONTRERAS, VICTOR; AGNOLIN, FEDERICO; TOMASSINI, RODRIGO

ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE

MASSON EDITEUR

Lugar: Paris; Año: 2016 vol. 102 p. 1 - 6

0753-3969

Here we describe an isolated distal end of tarsometatarsus coming from the late Miocene levels ofthe Loma de Las Tapias Formation (San Juan Province, Argentina). The specimen was identified as aThinocoridae, and constitutes the oldest record for the clade. It also represents the only Tertiary findingfor the family from South America and one of the scarce avian remains reported from central Argentina.This record provides new information on the palaeobiogeography of the clade.