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.
dc.contributor.author	Walker, C. A.
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-11T19:04:36Z
dc.date.available	2007-06-11T19:04:36Z
dc.date.issued	1997
dc.identifier	0006-324X
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.
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.
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dc.format.extent	624–628
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	BIOL SOC WASHINGTON
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110 (4)
dc.title	A trans-Atlantic record of the fossil tropicbird Heliadornis ashbyi (Aves : Phaethontidae) from the Miocene of Belgium
dc.type	article
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sro.identifier.itemID	75168
sro.description.unit	NMNH
sro.description.unit	NH-Vertebrate Zoology
sro.identifier.url	https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/1725
sro.publicationPlace	WASHINGTON; NAT MUSEUM NAT HIST SMITHSONIAN INST, WASHINGTON, DC 20560 USA