Answer to reply to C. Acosta Hospitaleche and M. Reguero (2020) additional Pelagornithidae remains from Seymour Island, Antarctica

ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, CAROLINA; REGUERO, MARCELO

JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Año: 2020

0895-9811

We feel compelled to briefly respond to the reply of Chávez Hoffmeister and Urbina (2020) about our contribution: Additional Pelagornithidae remains from Seymour Island, Antarctica. The material IAA-PV 823 they question is housed in the recognized repository of the Instituto Antártico Argentino, and available for reviews, which is important to replicate or refute any statement about its assignment. However, Chávez Hoffmeister and Urbina have chosen to give theiropinion without the prior examination of the fossil. In our experience,direct observation of the fossil is required to avoid an erroneous interpretationof the structures during a character survey.