Descriptions of all fossil Neornithes Incertae Sedis (1 Viewer)

[Fred Ruhe]

Genus Pelargosteon Kretzoi, 1962

Pelargosteon tothi Kretzoi, 1962
Miklós Kretzoi, 1961
Vogelreste aus der Altpleistozänen Fauna von Betfia
Aquila 67-68: 167-174

http://epa.oszk.hu/01600/01603/00056/pdf/Aquila_EPA-01603_1960-1961_167-174.pdf

Genus "Picus"

Picus gaudryi Depéret, 1887
Charles Depéret, 1887
Recherches sur la Succession des Faunes des Vertébrés Miocène de la Vallée du Rhône
Archives du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 4: 45-319

https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/medias/detailstatic.aspx?INSTANCE=exploitation&RSC_BASE=HORIZON&RSC_DOCID=364369#

Genus Piscator Harrison et Walker, 1976

Piscator tenuirostris Harrison et Walker, 1976
Collin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1976
Birds of the British Upper Eocene
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 59: 323-351

Sci-Hub | Birds of the British Upper Eocene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 59(4), 323–351 | 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb01017.x

Genus "Plesiocathartes"

Plesiocathartes gaillardi Crusafont et Villalta, 1955
M. Pairò Crusafont, J. F. de Villalta Comella & J. Truyols Santonja, 1955
El Burdigaliense Continental de la Cuenca del Vallés-Penedés
emorias y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geológico, Barcelona 12: 236-237
See attachment 1

Genus Pliogrus Lambrecht, 1933

Pliogrus germanicus Lambrecht, 1933
Kàlmàn Lambrecht, 1933
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1024 pg

http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/N10886855.pdf

Remark: according to Fischer et Stephan 1971 and Mourer-Chauviré not a Gruidae.

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Genus Precursor Harrison et Walker, 1977

Precursor parvus Harrison et Walker, 1977
Colin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1977
Birds of the British Lower Eocene
Tertiary Research Special Papers 3: 1-52 + 11
See attachment 1
Remark: Described lareolidae with according to Mlíkovský 2002 shows few similarities, Mayr, 2002 placed the paratypical humerus in the Pseudasturidae/

Precursor magnus Harrison et Walker, 1977
Colin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1977
Birds of the British Lower Eocene
Tertiary Research Special Papers 3: 1-52 + 11
See attachment 1
Remark: Described lareolidae with according to Mlíkovský 2002 shows few similarities.

Precursor litorum Harrison et Walker, 1977
Colin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1977
Birds of the British Lower Eocene
Tertiary Research Special Papers 3: 1-52 + 11
See attachment 1
Remark: Described lareolidae with according to Mlíkovský 2002 shows few similarities.

Genus Proceriavis Harrison et Walker, 1979

Proceriavis martini Harrison et Walker, 1979
Colin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1979
Birds of the British Lower Oligocene
Tertiary Research Special Papers 5: 29-43
See attachment 2
Remark: Based on a fragmentary cervical vertebra, not eniugh for identification. It was described in the Eleutherornithidae.

Genus Procuculus Harrison et Walker, 1977

Procuculus minutus Harrison et Walker, 1977
Colin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1977
Birds of the British Lower Eocene
Tertiary Research Special Papers 3: 1-52 + 11
See attachment 1

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Genus Proherodius Lydekker, 1891

Proherodius oweni Lydekker, 1891
Richard Lydekker, 1891
Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Natural History)
London, British Museum XXVII 368 pg.

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Remark: Described as an Ardeidae, transferred to the Presbyornithidae by Harrison and Walker 1978 and Harrison 1979, Olson didn't agree with this so Mlíkovský 2002 placed the species in Aves Incertae Sedis until the species is restudied.

Genus Proplegadis Harrison et Walker, 1971

Proplegadis fisheri Harrison et Walker, 1971
Colin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1971
A New Ibis from the lower Eocene of Britain
Ibis 113: 367-368
See attachment 1
Remark: Described as a Threskiornithidae, Olson, 1981 placed it in Aves Incertae Sedis, according to G. Mayr, 2009 it looks more a Phaethontidae.

Genus Protibis Ameghino, 1891

Protibis cnemialis Ameghino, 1891
Florentino Ameghino, 1891
Enumeracion de las Aves Fósiles de la República Argentina
Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1: 441-453

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Remark: According to Olson does the bad drawing
of the specimen looks more like a Phoenicopteridae than like a Threskiornithidae wherein it was described. Best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis.

Genus Protopelicanus Reichenbach, 1852

Protopelicanus cuvieri Reichenbach, 1852
I don't have the paper, I don't know the title, so help is needed.
Remark: Originally described as a Pelecanidae, transferred to the Sulidae by Harrison 1979, Olson found some similarities with the Pelagornithidae. The species must be restudied.

Genus "Protornis"

"Protornis" blumeri Heer, 1865
Oswald Heer, 1865
Urwelt de Schweitz
Verlag Friedrich Echulteß 622 pg. + 11 pl

https://books.google.nl/books/download/Die_Urwelt_der_Schweiz.pdf?id=SRdCAAAAcAAJ&hl=nl&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U0NPKdJ0uDsJBUHs8uOVoOI2eC8FQ

Remark: Not certainly a bird, if it is a bird, than is Protornis blumeri Heer, 1865 a meaningless name.

 

[l_raty]

Well found Laurent, I really like these finds.

Glad to help, Fred.
For species that were described in a new genus, I actually already have the data in most cases -- I'm just taking it in my "genus group names" file and pasting it here.

Protopelicanus cuvieri Reichenbach, 1852
I don't have the paper, I don't know the title, so help is needed.
Remark: Originally described as a Pelecanidae, transferred to the Sulidae by Harrison 1979, Olson found some similarities with the Pelagornithidae. The species must be restudied.

Reichenbach HGL. [1849-53.] Avium Systema Naturale. Das naturliche System der Vögel mit hundert Tafeln grösstentheils Original-Abbildungen der bis jetzt entechten fast zwölfhundert typischen formen. Expedition der vollständigsten Naturgeschichte, Dresden & Leipzig.
p. VII: Abt.2:Bd.1;Abt.3:Bd.4:pt.1 (1836-1847) [Text] - Die vollständigste Naturgeschichte der Vögel - Biodiversity Heritage Library

My notes here read:
Type species based on “Cuvier oss. foss. III. 327. t. 73. f. 12. 13.”, i.e.: Cuvier G. 1822. Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles, où l'on rétablit les caractères de plusieurs animaux dont les révolutions du globe ont détruit les espèces. Nouvelle édition, entièrement refondue et considérablement augmentée. Tome troisième. Contenant les os fossiles des environs de Paris, etc. G Dufour et E d’Ocagne, Paris & Amsterdam.; p. 327 & pl. 73 (fig. 12-13); t.3 - Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles, où l'on rétablit les caractères de plusieurs animaux dont les révolutions du globe ont détruit les espèces - Biodiversity Heritage Library , t.3 - Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles, où l'on rétablit les caractères de plusieurs animaux dont les révolutions du globe ont détruit les espèces - Biodiversity Heritage Library .
Fossils said to be Pelecanus-like by Cuvier (who used this generic name in a broad sense – cormorants included); genus-group name introduced by Reichenbach in the Pelicanidae; has been suggested to be a Sulidae and a Pelagornithidae; see: Mlíkovský J. 1995. Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of fossil birds described by H. G. L. Reichenbach in 1852. Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 181: 311-316.; https://web.archive.org/web/2013110...oo/mlikovsky_lit/087-1995-Reichenbach1852.pdf .

This work is usually dated to 1853 nowadays.

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Genus "Rallus"

"Rallus" adelus Oberholser, 1917
Harry Church Oberholser, 1917
Mutanda Ornithologica I
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30: 75-76
See attachment 1
Remark: This is a replacement name for Rallus intermedius Milne-Edwards, 1871. Mlíkovský, 2002 placed the species in Aves Incertae Sedis.

Rallus richmondi Olson, 1977
Storrs L. Olson, 1977
A Synopsis of the Fossil Rallidae
In "Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae" by S.D. Ripley pg. 509-525
Codline, Boston

https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/12826/VZ_77_Synopsis_fossil_Rallidae.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1

Remark: This is a replacement name for Rallus dubius Portis, 1887, a junior primairy homonym van Rallus dubius Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783. Best seen as Aves Incertae Sedis until the holotype is found and restudied.

Genus Stephanornis Mercerat, 1893

Stephanornis princeps Mercerat, 1893
I don't have the paper, nor e title, so help is needed,

Genus Stintonornis Harrison, 1984

Stintonornis mitchelli Harrison, 1984
Colin James Oliver Harrison, 1984
Further Additions to the Fossil Birds of Sheppey: A New Falconid and Three Small Rails
Tertiary Research 5(4): 179-187
See attachment 2
Remark: Described as a Falconidae, Mlíkovský, 2002 placed the species in Aves Incertae Sedis.

Genus Teracus Milne-Edwards, 1871

Teracus littoralis Milne-Edwards, 1871
Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 1869-1871
Recherches Anatomiques et Paléontologiques pour Servir à l’Histoire des Oiseaux Fossiles de la France Tomé 2
Atlas Tomé Sécond Planches 97 à 200
Paris, Victor Masson et Fils 632 pg. + plates

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Remark: Best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis.

 

[l_raty]

Genus Stephanornis Mercerat, 1893

Stephanornis princeps Mercerat, 1893
I don't have the paper, nor e title, so help is needed,

The reference is:
Mercerat A. 1893. Note sur la géologie de la Patagonie. Helvetia, Buenos Aires.
...but I have not seen it either.

(Nomen nudum ? No diagnosis in 1893 as per: Kraglievich L. 1932. Una gigantesca ave fósil del Uruguay, Devincenzia gallinali n. gen. n. sp., tipo de una nueva familia Devincenziidae del orden Stereornithes. An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, 2da ser., 3: 323-355.; p. 330; https://www.mnhn.gub.uy/innovaporta...-kraglievich---una-gigantestca-aves-fosil.pdf (“En 1893 el señor Alcides Mercerat fundó sin diagnosticarlos dos géneros de aves de la Patagonia, Titanornis y Stephanornis, (Note sur la Geologie de la Patagonie, pág. 5).”). Also in: Mercerat A. 1897. Note sur les oiseaux fossiles de la République Argentine. An. Soc. Cien. Argentina, 43: 222-240.; p. 226; t.43-44 (1897) - Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina. - Biodiversity Heritage Library ; but again without a real diagnosis (merely “une forme d'allures beaucoup plus massives que les Stereornithes”, which doesn't seem quite enough). Ameghino 1894 Boletín del Instituto Geográfico Argentino synonymized Stephanornis with Phorusrhacos; but Brodkorb 1967 Catalogue of fossil birds : part 3 ( Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes ) suggested it to be a synonym of Brontornis.)

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Genus Teracus Milne-Edwards, 1871

Teracus littoralis Milne-Edwards, 1871
= Ieracus littoralis Aymard, 1856. Nomen Nudum, no description or indication..
Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 1869-1871
Recherches Anatomiques et Paléontologiques pour Servir à l’Histoire des Oiseaux Fossiles de la France Tomé 2
Atlas Tomé Sécond Planches 97 à 200
Paris, Victor Masson et Fils 632 pg. + plates

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Remark: Aymard 1856, Paris 1912, Milne-Edwards 1868-1871. and Lambrecht 1933 thought it was an Accipitridae. Brodkorb placed it in the Vulturidae (= Cathartidae). Cracraft et Rich 1972. and Olson 1978. removed Teracus littoralis Milne-Edwards, 1871. rom both the Vulturidae and the Falconiformes (- Accipritriformes). Best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis pending restudy.

Genus "Telmabates"

"Telmabates" howardae Cracraft, 1970
Joel Cracraft, 1970
A New Species of Telmabates (Phoenicopteriformes) from the Lower Eocene of Patagonia
The Condor 72: 479-480

https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v072n04/p0479-p0480.pdf

Remark: According to Ericson, 2000 not a Presbyornis because of the round edge of the condylus lateralis, in Presbyornis it is straight.

Genus "Totanus"

"Totanus" praecursor Laube, 1901
I don't have the paper, nor the title, so help is needed,
Remark: Placed in Aves Incertae Sedis pending finding the lost holotype and restudy.

Genus Villetus Harrison et Walker, 1976

Villetus grandis Harrison et Walker, 1976
Collin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1976
Birds of the British Upper Eocene
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 59: 323-351https://sci-hub.do/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb01017.x
Remark: Described in the Scolopacidae, tranfered by Mlíkovský 2002 to Aves Incertae Sedis.

Villetus waltoni Harrison et Walker, 1976
Collin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1976
Birds of the British Upper Eocene
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 59: 323-351https://sci-hub.do/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb01017.x
Remark: Described in the Scolopacidae, tranfered by Mlíkovský 2002 to Aves Incertae Sedis.

Genus "Vultur"

"Vultur" fossilis Keferstein, 1834
I don't have the paper, nor e title, so help is needed,
Remark: The holotype is lost and should be found and restudied.

Genus Yalavis Shufeldt, 1913

Yalavis tenuipes Shufeldt, 1913
Robert Wilson Shufeldt, 1913
Fossil Feathers and Some Heretofore Undescribed Fossil Birds
The Journal of Geology 21(7): 628-652

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/622110

Genus Yunnanus Hou, 1985

Yunnanus gaoyuansis Hou, 1985
LianHai Hou, 1985
Upper Miocene Birds from Lufeng, Yunnan
In: G. Qi: Stratographic Summarization of Ramapithecus Fossil Locality, Lufeng, Yunnan
Acta Anthropologica Sinica, Peking, vol 4 : 118-126
See attachment 1

 

[l_raty]

"Totanus" praecursor Laube, 1901
I don't have the paper, nor e title, so help is needed,
Remark: Placed in Aves Incertae Sedis pending finding the lost holotype and restudy.

The reference is:

Laube GC. 1901. Synopsis der Wirbelthierfauna der böhmischen Braunkohlenformation und Beschreibung neuer, oder bisher unvollständig bekannter Arten. Abhandlungen des deutschen naturwissenschaftlich-medicinischen Vereines für Böhmen "Lotos", 2 (4): 1-80.​

...but I can't find it.

"Vultur" fossilis Keferstein, 1834
I don't have the paper, nor e title, so help is needed,
Remark: The holotype is lost and should be found and restudied.

The name is introduced in:

Keferstein C. 1834. Die Naturgeschichte des Erdeskörpers in ihren ersten Grundzügen dargestellt. Zweiter Theil. Die Geologie und Paläontologie. Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig.​

p. 243: th. Die geologie und palaontologie​

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It is based by reference on a description in:

Germar EF. 1824. Bemerkungen über die fossile Knochen von Westeregeln. Pp. 601-612 in: Keferstein C [ed]. Teutschland, geognostisch-geologisch dargestellt, mit Charten und Durchschnittszeichnungen, welche einen geognostischen Atlas bilden. Dritter Band. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar.​

p. 612: Deutschland geognostisch-geologisch Dargestellt und mit Charten und Durchschmittszeichnungen erläutert​

 

[Fred Ruhe]

NOMINA NUDA speciues group names

Just for completeness No eferences are given.

Genus Anthropornis Wiman, 1905

Anthropornis simpsoni Simpson, 1946
I have no information on this name.

Genus "Archaeopteryx"

"Archaeopteryx" vicensis Anonymous
Remark: Is mentioned in Brodkorb, 1978. Brodkorb points to Lambrecht, 1933. pg 80. But there Lambrecht only speaks of Archaeopteryx vicensensis, without an author.

Genus "Anas"

"Anas" arcensis Kretzoi, 1962
No description or indication

"Anas" crassa Milne-Edwards, 1871
No description or indication

Genus "Ardea"

"Ardea" effosa Meyer in Lepsius, 1883
No description or indication

"Ardea" latipes Meyer in Lepsius, 1883
No description or indication

Genus Argala Milne-Edwards, 1871

Argala arvernensis Milne-Edwards, 1871
No description or indication

Genus Brontornis Moreno et Mercerat, 1891

Brontornis modestus Ameghino, 1901
No description or indication

Genus Camaskelus Aymard, 1856

Camaskelus palustris Aymard, 1856
No description or indication

Genus Carbo O. Fraas in Engel, 1908

Carbo risgoviensis O. Fraas in Engel, 1908
No description or indication

Genus Cathartes Illiger, 1811

Cathartes exilis
I have no information on the name and will treat it as a Nomen Nudum

Genus Ciconia Brisson, 1760

Ciconia ïerasmoi Mirigliano, 1941
I have no information on the name and will treat it as a Nomen Nudum

Genus "Gallus"

Gallus steinheimensis E. Fraas in Engel, 1908
No description or indication

Gallus tamanensis Burchak-Abramovich et Potapova, 1996
No description or indication, mentioned in the SAPE-nresletter 1996.

Genus "Himantopus"

Himantopus brevipes Milne-Edwards, 1871
No description or indication.

Genus "Graculavus"

Graculavus idahensis Shufeldt, 1915
No description or indication.

Genus Jinzhouornis Hou L. H., Zhou, Zhang et Gu, 2002

Jinzhouornis delicates ?, (in Zhanghe, 2008)
No description or indication.

Genus "Larus"

"Larus" burdigalensis Lucazeau, 1959
Unpublished thesis name.

Genus "Leptoptilus [sic!]"

"Leptoptilus [sic!]" arvernensis (Milne-Edwards, 1871). Lambrecht, 1933
New combination for Argala arvernensis Milne-Edwards, 1871, so a Nomen Nudum that comes from Lambrecht, 1933.

Genus Ornitholithes Anonymous: Karg, 1805

Ornitholithes ralli Anonymous: Karg, 1805
An unpublished label name, the specimen is a fraud composed from fishbones.

Genus "Otis"

"Otis" agilis Milne-Edwards, 1871
No description or indication.

Genus Pakudyptes Ando, 2007

Pakudyptes hakataramea Ando, 2007
Thesis name

Genus "Palaeortyx"

Palaeortyx media Milne-Edwards, 1871
No description or indication.

Genus Palaetus Milne-Edwards, 1871

Palaetus rapax Milne-Edwards, 1871
No description or indication.

Genus "Pelagornis"

Pelagornis Delfortrii Anonymous: Lambrecht, 1933
An unpublished label name

Genus "Phalacrocorax"

"Phalacrocorax" novaezealandiae major Forbes, 1891
No description or indication

"Phalacrocorax" risgoviensis (O. Fraas in Engel, 1908
New combination for Carbo risgoviensis O. Fraas in Engel, 1908, piblished in Lambrecht , 1933

Genus "Phasianus"

"Phasianus" Nicheti "Gaillard" Bastin, 1933
No description or indication

Genus "Phoenicopterus"

Phoenicopterus magnus
I have no information on the name and will treat it as a Nomen Nudum

Genus Procellaria Linnaeus, 1758

Procellaria definita Van Beneden, 1871
Lambrecht found in Brussels fossils matked by van Beneden, 1871 Procellaria definita Van Beneden, 1871, without a desciption or indication. Possibly a synonym of Rupelornis definitus van Beneden, 1871.

Genus Procellornis Lucazeau, 1959

Procellornis antiquus Lucazeau, 1959
Unpublished thesis name.

Procellornis burdigalensis Lucazeau, 1959
Unpublished thesis name.

Procellornis dubius Lucazeau, 1959
Unpublished thesis name.

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Genus Protopelargus Reichenbach, 1852

Protopelargus meyeri Reichenbach, 1852
No description or indication.

Genus Ptenornis Seeley, 1866
(Genus group name, no species named in the genus)
According to Brodkorb, 1963 a synonym of Agnopterus Milne-Edwards, 1868.

Genus Smallornis ? (in Zhanghe, 2008)

Smallornis liaoningica ? (in Zhanghe, 2008)
He Zhang, 2008
The Fossils of China
ISBN 0755-25702716 25702047
No description or indication.

Genus "Sula"

"Sula" rozieri (Lucazeau, 1959)
Unpublished thesis name, niw combination for Suloides rozieri Lucazeau, 1959.

Genus Suloides Lucazeau, 1959

Suloides rozieri Lucazeau, 1959
Unpublished thesis name.

Genus Tantaleus Reichenbach, 1852

Tantaleus brecciensis Reichenbach, 1852
New combination for Tantalus brecciensis Giebel, 1847, No description or indication.

Genus "Tantalus" Giebel, 1847

"Tantalus" brecciensis Giebel, 1847
No description or indication.

Genus Typhornis Lucazeau, 1959

Typhornis miocoenicus Lucazeau, 1959
Unpublished thesis name.

Genus Uriopsis van Beneden, 1871

Uriopsis scaldicus van Beneden, 1871
Not mentioned in Lambrecht, 1921, 1933 of Brodkorb, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1978 Mlíkovský, 2002 could not find the name in the relevant papers, but Cheneval referred the name to van Beneden, 1871.
No description or indication.

This ends this contribution, the next and last will be a contibution with all the threads in this series, so everbody can easely find the description of sil species. I will ask the moderator to make that thread a sticky,

Enjoy,

Fred

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

[...]

Genus Stephanornis Mercerat, 1893

Stephanornis princeps Mercerat, 1893
I don't have the paper, nor [th]e title, so help is needed,

[...]

The reference is:
Mercerat A. 1893. Note sur la géologie de la Patagonie. Helvetia, Buenos Aires.
...but I have not seen it either.

[...]

Fred (and Laurent), neither I can find Mercerat's Note sur la Géologie de la Patagonie (1893), at least not more than the cover [alt. see below].


455$ is, to say the least, a bit much for 12 pages! 😳

The Stephanornis taxon seems to be expected to be found on page 5, and note (if relevant); that the Author's (given) name in this publication is/was typed Alcide [sic] Mercerat, and that the Print location is/was typed "Buenos Ayres", on the cover itself.

However, shortly thereafter (in February 1894), Florentino Ameghino list this work as:

MERCERAT A. Note sur la Géologie de la Patagonie, in 12 de 6 pages. (L’auteur croit prabable que les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie représentent une nouvelle classe de vertébrés!!!)

[here, on p.195]
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And note that the last reference on the same page, to Mercerat's Paper "Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina t. XXXV, p.65 ..." is erroneous. It ought to be tome XXXVI (here, still from 1893), where Alcides [sic] Mercerat's paper is found on: pp.65–96 "(Continuará)", and on pp. 97–103 "(Conclusion)".

Maybe the part you're looking for is found there? Pr not (it's all in Spanish and as such beyond my linguistic skills) ... ?

Also see the footnote here (from 1895).

Or, maybe here, by the same "Alcides Mercerat" (but from 1897), where "Stephanornis princeps Merc." and "Stephanornithes" are mentioned (in text) on p.226 (here).

What it says? I haven't got a clue.

Hopefully of some use/help?

🧩

Björn

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Thanks Björn for your great help.

Fred

 

[l_raty]

455$ is, to say the least, a bit much for 12 pages! 😳

On a .ar website, "$455" should probably be understood as an amount in pesos argentinos (they use the same $ symbol); if so, $455 is about 3.75€, which might actually make these 12 pages reasonably affordable... This website doesn't appear to propose to deliver items outside Argentina, however.

There is nothing about birds in Mercerat's 1893 An. Soc. Cient. Arg. paper, so far as I can see.
The 1897 work appears to be the first (and only ?) subsequent use of Stephanornis as a valid name, after the 1893 original introduction. Hopefully there is more in the original than there, though. (The only info provided in 1897 was that Stephanornis princeps would have "looked much more massive" than the Stereornithes.)

 

[Marcos Cenizo]

Hi, I have a copy of Mercerat (1893), I attach it here.

Greetings!

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Thank you very much Marcos!

Fred