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| Type: | Journal article |
| Title: | A new species of Oligo-Miocene darter (Aves: Anhingidae) from Australia |
| Author: | Worthy, Trevor Henry |
| Citation: | Auk, 2012; 129(1):96-104 |
| Publisher: | American Ornithologists Union |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| ISSN: | 0004-8038 |
| School/Discipline: | School of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Trevor H. Worthy |
| Abstract: | A single fossil tarsometatarsus from the Etadunna Formation, of Late Oligocene–Early Miocene age, at the Snake Dam Locality in South Australia reveals the first pre-Pliocene record of anhingids in Australia. Anhinga walterbolesi sp. nov. provides the oldest record globally for the Anhingidae and, with the contemporary presence of stem-group phalacrocoracids in the same formation, indicates a probable Early Oligocene to Eocene age for the common ancestor of anhingids and phalacrocoracids. |
| Keywords: | Anhinga; bird fossil; Oligo-Miocene; South Australia |
| Rights: | © 2012 American Ornithologists' Union |
| DOI: | 10.1525/auk.2012.11204 |
| Appears in Collections: | Earth and Environmental Sciences publications |
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