Fred Ruhe
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Delphine Angst, Eric Buffetaut, José Carmelo Corral, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, (2017) in press
First record of the Late Cretaceous giant bird Gargantuavis philoinos from the Iberian Peninsula
Annales de Paléontologie Articles in Press
Absiract: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/aip/07533969
Gargantuavis philoinos is a large terrestrial bird, initially described from several bones (synsacrum, cervical vertebra, femora) discovered in the Late Cretaceous deposits of southern France. The synsacrum described here comes from the late Campanian (Late Cretaceous) site of Laño, in north-western Spain, and is similar in all respects to the other synsacra of Gargantuavis philoinos described from France. This is therefore the first specimen attributed to this species to be reported outside France. This find increases the diversity of the fossil assemblage from Laño and the geographical distribution of this bird, which existed on the Ibero-Armorican island, which included southern France and the Iberian Peninsula, during the Late Cretaceous.
Enjoy,
Fred
First record of the Late Cretaceous giant bird Gargantuavis philoinos from the Iberian Peninsula
Annales de Paléontologie Articles in Press
Absiract: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/aip/07533969
Gargantuavis philoinos is a large terrestrial bird, initially described from several bones (synsacrum, cervical vertebra, femora) discovered in the Late Cretaceous deposits of southern France. The synsacrum described here comes from the late Campanian (Late Cretaceous) site of Laño, in north-western Spain, and is similar in all respects to the other synsacra of Gargantuavis philoinos described from France. This is therefore the first specimen attributed to this species to be reported outside France. This find increases the diversity of the fossil assemblage from Laño and the geographical distribution of this bird, which existed on the Ibero-Armorican island, which included southern France and the Iberian Peninsula, during the Late Cretaceous.
Enjoy,
Fred
