Belonopterus edmondi (Campbell, 1979)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Belonopterus edmundi (Campbell, 1979) [orth. error used by Tyrberg, 2008:260]
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
South America
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Campbell, K. E., Jr. (1979). The Non-Passerine Pleistocene Avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, Northwestern Peru. Life Sciences Contribution Royal Ontario Museum 118: 1-203.
Other references:
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.