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NEUES JAHRBUCH FUR GEOLOGIE UND PALAONTOLOGIE-ABHANDLUNGEN
Volume 256, Issue 2, Pages 229-234Publisher
E SCHWEIZERBARTSCHE VERLAGS
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0052
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Giant groundbird; Phorusrhacidae; late Pleistocene; youngest record; South America; Uruguay
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We report the youngest record of a phorusrhacid bird based on a distal portion of a right tarsometatarsus. This fossil comes from late Pleistocene sediments of Uruguay. The age determination was based on lithological features, biostratigraphical studies and absolute dating. The evidence indicates that these groundbirds co-occurred with the typical Pleistocene South American megafaunal mammals. The so far youngest fossils of phorusrhacids stem from the Pliocene or lower Pleistocene of South and North America.
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