A new fossil vulture (Cathartidae: Cathartes) from Quaternary asphalt and cave deposits in Cuba
| Autor: | Storrs L. Olson, William Suárez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
geography geography.geographical_feature_category Extinction biology Ecology 010607 zoology biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences 010605 ornithology Population decline Cave Megafauna biology.animal Animal Science and Zoology Cathartes Quaternary Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Holocene Vulture |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. 140 |
| ISSN: | 0007-1595 |
| DOI: | 10.25226/bboc.v140i3.2020.a6 |
| Popis: | A new small fossil species of vulture from Quaternary asphalt and cave deposits in western Cuba is described herein. Some specimens of this taxon are the smallest known in the genus Cathartes, including the modern Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture C. burrovianus. The extinction of the Cuban megafauna, coupled with the loss of open habitats once dominated by grassland savannas, contributed to the population decline and final extinction of endemic vultures in Cuba during the Holocene. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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