A trans-Atlantic record of the fossil tropicbird Heliadornis ashbyi (Aves : Phaethontidae) from the Miocene of Belgium

Olson, Storrs L.; Walker, C. A.

dc.contributor.author	Olson, Storrs L.	en
dc.contributor.author	Walker, C. A.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-11T19:04:36Z
dc.date.available	2007-06-11T19:04:36Z
dc.date.issued	1997
dc.identifier.citation	Olson, Storrs L. and Walker, C. A. 1997. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/1725">A trans-Atlantic record of the fossil tropicbird Heliadornis ashbyi (Aves : Phaethontidae) from the Miocene of Belgium</a>." <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington</em>. 110 (4):624–628.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0006-324X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10088/1725
dc.description.abstract	The fossil tropicbird Heliadornis ashbyi Olson, previously known from the unique holotype from the middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland, is here recorded from a contemporaneous site in Belgium based on a nearly complete humerus. Its trans-Atlantic occurrence at a much higher latitude suggests that Heliadornis may have been the higher-latitude sister group of the extant tropical genus Phaethon, much as within the Sulidae gannets of the genus Morus are the higher latitude counterparts of the tropical boobies of the genus Sula.	en
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dc.title	A trans-Atlantic record of the fossil tropicbird Heliadornis ashbyi (Aves : Phaethontidae) from the Miocene of Belgium	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.srbnumber	75168
rft.jtitle	Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
rft.volume	110
rft.issue	4
rft.spage	624
rft.epage	628
dc.description.SIUnit	NMNH	en
dc.description.SIUnit	NH-Vertebrate Zoology	en
dc.citation.spage	624
dc.citation.epage	628