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Neochen pugil (Winge, 1887)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Chenalopex pugil Winge, 1887 (original combination)

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene

 

Distribution

Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Winge, O. (1887). Fugle fra Knoglehuler i Brasilien. E Museo Lundii 1(2): 1-54. 

 

Other references:

Nascimento, Rafael and Silveira, Luís Fábio. (2020). The Fossil Birds of Peter Lund. Zootaxa 4743(4): 480-510. [Abstract]

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

 

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