A NEW SPECIES OF RHEA (AVES: RHEIDAE) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF THE MESOPOTAMIA IN ARGENTINA

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作者
Agnolin, Federico L. [1 ,2 ]
Noriega, Jorge I. [3 ]
机构
[1] Museo Argentino Ciencias Nat Bernardino Rivadavia, Lab Anat Comparada & Evoluc Vertebrados, RA-1405 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[2] Univ Maimonides, CEBBAD, Dept Ciencias Nat & Antropol, Area Paleontol Fdn Hist Nat Felix de Azara, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[3] CICYTTP CONICET, Lab Paleontol Vertebrados, RA-3105 Diamante, Entre Rios, Argentina
关键词
Rheidae; Pterocnemia; Late Miocene; Mesopotamia; Argentina;
D O I
10.5710/AMGH.v49i2(492)
中图分类号
Q91 [古生物学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 070903 ;
摘要
A NEW SPECIES OF RHEA (AVES: RHEIDAE) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF THE MESOPOTAMIA IN ARGENTINA. A new species of rhea, Pterocnemia mesopotamica sp. nov. (Ayes: Rheidae), from the late Miocene of Mesopotamia in Argentina is described. Specimens come from the base of the Ituzaingo Formation (= "Conglomerado osifero" or "Mesopotamiense"), which crops out along the cliffs of the Parana river near the homonimous city in Entre Rios Province. Pterocnemia mesopotamica sp. nov. is a slender and small-bodied bird, similar in size to the lesser rhea or choique (P. pennata), and characterized by the marked divergence of the tarsometatarsal trochleae. Fragmentary remains of a femur and a humerus, identified as Rheidae indet., are also reported from the same locality and horizon. An isolated tarsometatarsus, coming from the Aisol Formation in Mendoza Province, is referred to Pterocnemia cf. P mesopotamica sp. nov. If this record is confirmed, the biochron of the new taxon would extend back from the late Miocene (Huayquerian Age) to the middle Miocene (Friasian Age).
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页码:236 / 246
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