A new buzzard (Aves, Accipitridae) from the late Pliocene of Argentina

Degrange, Federico Javier
Tambussi, Claudia Patricia
Taglioretti, Matias Luciano
Scaglia, Fernando A.

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Publication date

October 2021

DOI

10.4202/app.00933.2021

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Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Journal

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Abstract

We describe a new species of a large buzzard (Accipitridae), Buteo dondasi sp. nov. from the late Pliocene of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina represented by an incomplete left hind limb, including a distal fragment of tibiotarsus, tarsometatarsus, fragment of os metatarsale I, and toes I and II. The new taxon exhibits characteristics of the crown group Accipitridae and the shape of the tarsometarsus allows its assignment to the genus Buteo. The new species represents the very first record of a representative of a non-scavenging diurnal bird of prey for the Chapadmalalan and one of the largest accipitrids (~ 2.3 kg) known for Argentina.Fil: Degrange, Federico Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científ...

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A new buzzard (Aves, Accipitridae) from the late Pliocene of Argentina

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A new buzzard (Aves, Accipitridae) from the late Pliocene of Argentina

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