Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (50.1° S, 73.4° W: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 68.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 88834: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Brontornis burmeisteri n. gen. n. sp.
Brontornis burmeisteri n. gen. n. sp. Moreno and Mercerat 1891 waterfowl |