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100	1		_aTambussi, Claudia P. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSouth American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds _h[electronic resource] : _bPaleobiogeographic Affinities and Disparities / _cby Claudia P. Tambussi, Federico Degrange.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands : _bImprint: Springer, _c2013.
300			_aXI, 113 p. 23 illus., 7 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aSpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences, _x2191-589X
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Paleogeograpic background -- Geological settings of the major fossil localities in South America and Antarctica -- The nature of the bird fossil record -- The Paleogene birds of South America -- Eocene birds from Antarctica and their relationships with those of South America -- The Neogene birds of South America -- The dominance of zoophagous birds -- Bioconections of South America and other continents: What is and what is not possible to conclude.
520			_aModern birds (Neornithes) are represented by two big lineages, the Palaeognathae (Tinamiformes + Ratitae) and the Neognathae [Galloanserae + Neoaves (Metaves + Coronoaves)]. Both clades sum approximately 10,000 species of which 60% are Passeriformes (the most diverse clade of terrestrial vertebrates). A comparison between the past and the present reveals a complex and hallmarked evolutionary and biogeographic history which would have begun over 65 million years ago. For South America (SA) this includes: (1) the presence of taxa with uncertain affinities and the absence of Passeriformes during the Paleogene; (2) a progressive and accelerated increase of the species starting at the Neogene (Miocene); (3) important extinct lineages (e.g. Phorusrhacidae, Teratornithidae) that migrate to North America after the rising of the Panamá isthmus; (4) groups with major diversification in the Neogene that survives nowadays represented by scarce species endemic of SA (Cariamidae) or that inhabits mainly in the southern hemisphere (Anhingidae); (5) very diverse living groups with scarce (e.g., Passeriformes) or none (e.g., Apodiformes) fossil record in SA, which stem-groups are registered in Europe. Apparently, the changes in diversity of the south American Neornithes have been the result of successive radiation, biogeographic connections with North America and in a minor scale, some extinctions. The opening of the Drake´s passage and the occurrence of the circumpolar Antarctic flow are not sufficient causes to explain the highly disparity between the weddelians penguins (Sphenisciformes) of Antartica and those of the patagonian Atlantic Ocean.
650		0	_aGeography.
650		0	_aPaleontology.
650		0	_aEvolution (Biology).
650	1	4	_aEarth Sciences.
650	2	4	_aPaleontology.
650	2	4	_aPlant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.
650	2	4	_aEvolutionary Biology.
700	1		_aDegrange, Federico. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9789400754669
830		0	_aSpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences, _x2191-589X
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5467-6
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