A New Species of Oligo-Miocene Darter (Aves: Anhingidae) from Australia

Trevor H. Worthy

doi:10.1525/auk.2012.11204

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1 January 2012 A New Species of Oligo-Miocene Darter (Aves: Anhingidae) from Australia

Trevor H. Worthy

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The Auk, 129(1):96-104 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2012.11204

Abstract

A single fossil tarsometatarsus from the Etadunna Formation, of Late Oligocene—Early Miocene age, at the Snake Dam Locality in South Australia reveals the first pre-Pliocene record of anhingids in Australia. Anhinga walterbolesi sp. nov. provides the oldest record globally for the Anhingidae and, with the contemporary presence of stem-group phalacrocoracids in the same formation, indicates a probable Early Oligocene to Eocene age for the common ancestor of anhingids and phalacrocoracids.

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Trevor H. Worthy "A New Species of Oligo-Miocene Darter (Aves: Anhingidae) from Australia," The Auk 129(1), 96-104, (1 January 2012). https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2012.11204

Received: 15 September 2011; Accepted: 1 December 2011; Published: 1 January 2012

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