Nuevos aportes al conocimiento de la Avifauna del Pleistoceno Superior de la Península de Santa Elena, Ecuador y sus implicaciones paleoambientales

Abstract

This work is a contribution to the knowledge of the fossil birdlife of the Upper Pleistocene of the tar pits of Santa Elena Peninsula, in the southwest of Ecuador. The fossils described here are part of the Paleontology Collection of the Department of Biology of the National Polytechnic School of Quito and were collected by several researchers. Analyzes were based on anatomical comparisons and morphometric measurements, obtaining a total record of five orders; seven families; seven genera and eight species: Aratinga roosevelti, Milvago brodkorbi, Cathartes aura, Nycticorax nycticorax, Caracara cheriway, Macas P. P. & Román C. J. Avifauna del Pleistoceno de Santa Elena, Ecuador. 36 Tringa flavipes, Zenaida auriculata and Zenaida sp.). Two paleontological records appear as new for this location. In addition, the main paleoenvironmental implications of the locality are described.