The extant diversity of the avian clade Palaeognathae is composed of the iconic flightless
ratites (ostriches, rheas, kiwi, emus, and cassowaries), and the volant tinamous of Central …

The first edition of this book was written at a time when comprehensive analyses of
molecular sequence data just began to provide a robust framework for the interrelationships …

The paleoichnological site of Pehuen Co, located on the southern coast of Buenos Aires
province, Argentina, was discovered in 1986 and the first paper was published in 1987. New …

An updated list of vertebrates from Quaternary sediments of northern Uruguay is provided,
including new reports. A detailed study of Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus was performed, due …

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Para citar este artículo: Cecilia M. Deschamps and Rodrigo L. Tomassini (2016). Late …

Resumen “The present state of knowledge of the Cenozoic birds of Argentina” publicado en
Contributions in Sciences en 1980, escrito por el paleontólogo argentino Eduardo Pedro …

A comprehensive overview of all the South American and Antarctic fossil records of
Rheiformes and close relatives, accompanied by updated stratigraphic data, is provided …

The complete mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, molecule of the greater rhea, Rhea americana,
was sequenced. The size of the molecule is 16,710 nucleotides. The organization of the …

Although ratites have been studied in considerable detail, avian systematists have been
unable to reach a consensus regarding their relationships. Morphological studies indicate a …

Analysing the effect of climatic/environmental changes on bird communities during the South
American Cenozoic is quite complicated. Taking into consideration the extremely complex …