Brontornis burmeisteri
Taxonavigation
editOrdo: incerti ordinis
Familia: †Brontornithidae or †Phorusrhacidae
Genus: †Brontornis
Species: †Brontornis burmeisteri
Name
editBrontornis burmeisteri Moreno & Mercerat, 1891: 20, 37
Type locality: Argentina, Provincia de Santa Cruz, Lago Argentina, Monte León.
Lectotype: MLP-88-91
Synonyms
edit- Brontornis platyonyx [syn. Brodkorb, 1967: 160]
- Rostrornis floweri [syn. Brodkorb, 1967: 159]
References
editPrimary references
edit- Moreno, F.P. & Mercerat, A. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata. [Catalogue des oiseaux fossiles de la République Argentine conservés au Musée de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1: 7–71, 21 plates. BHL Reference page.
- Brodkorb, P. 1967. Catalogue of fossil birds, Part III (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 2(3): 99–220. University of Florida Digital Collections PDF Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Agnolin, F. 2007. Brontornis burmeisteri Moreno & Mercerat, un Anseriformes (Aves) gigante del Mioceno Medio de Patagonia, Argentina. Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc. Nat. 9: 15–25. PDF ResearchGate Reference page.
- Agnolin, F.L. 2021. Reappraisal on the phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic flightless bird (Brontornis burmeisteri) Moreno and Mercerat, 1891. Diversity 13(2), 90. DOI: 10.3390/d13020090 Reference page.
- Alvarenga, H.M.F. & Höfling, E. 2003. Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43(4): 55–91. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492003000400001 Reference page.
- Angst, D. & Buffetaut, E. 2017. Palaeobiology of Giant Flightless Birds. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-1-78548-136-9. DOI: 10.1016/C2015-0-06179-2 Reference page.
Vernacular names
editEnglish: Thunderbird