[Rockhounds] Fossils of New Vulture Species Found in Cuba

[Paul]

Fossils of New Vulture Species Found in Cuba

by Enrico de Lazaro, Previous, Sci News, Jan 13, 2021

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/cathartes-emsliei-09245.html

"A new species of small vulture that lived during the

Quaternary period in the Greater Antilles has been

identified from fossils found in western Cuba."

The paper is:

Suárez, W. and Olson, S.L., 2020. A new fossil

vulture (Cathartidae: Cathartes) from Quaternary

asphalt and cave deposits in Cuba. Bulletin of the

British Ornithologists’ Club, 140(3), pp.335-343.

https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-british-ornithologists-club/volume-140/issue-3/bboc.v140i3.2020.a6/A-new-fossil-vulture-Cathartidae--Cathartes-from-Quaternary-asphalt/10.25226/bboc.v140i3.2020.a6.full

Yours,


Paul H.