Pelecanus_tirarensis

<i>Pelecanus tirarensis</i>

Pelecanus tirarensis

Extinct species of bird

Pelecanus tirarensis is a fossil pelican described from several fragmentary tarsometatarsi from Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene deposits in the Namba Formation of Lake Pinpa in the Lake Eyre Basin of north-eastern South Australia.[2][3][4]

Quick Facts Pelecanus tirarensis Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene, Scientific classification ...

References

  1. [1]
    Miller, A.H. (1966). "The fossil pelicans of Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 14: 181–190.
  2. [2]
    Olson, Storrs L. (1985). The fossil record of birds, Chapter 2 of "Avian Biology", vol.VIII, eds: Donald S. Farner, James R. King, & Kenneth C. Parkes. Academic Press. p. 202. ISBN 0-12-249408-3.
  3. [3]
    Rich, P.V. & van Tets, J. (1981). "The fossil pelicans of Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide). 18 (12): 235–264.
  4. [4]
    Fitzgerald, Erich M. G. (2004). "A review of the Tertiary fossil Cetacea (Mammalia) localities in Australia" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 61 (2): 183–208. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.12.


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