NUEVOS RESTOS DE PROCELLARIIFORMES (AVES) DE LA FORMACIÓN PISCO, PERÚ NEW REMAINS OF PROCELLARIIFORMES (AVES) FROM THE

Procellariiformes fossil material from different locations of the Pisco formation (late Miocene - early Pliocene) is studied. The methodology was to study comparatively the extant species, in order to determine the differences between these and to use the same criteria to classify the fossil material. Due to the great morphologic similitude between the extantt species and due to the scarce fossil material in study, the results were that the paleontologic material could only be identified to family level in the case of Diomedeidae, and Tribe Puffinini in the case of Procellariidae. The Procellariiformes fauna of the Pisco formation supports the proposal of the existence of a cold marine current since the ending of the Miocene in the south Pacific.

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