Oscaravis olsoni (Cuban Teratorn)

[Carlos]

Teratornis olsoni Arredondo & Arredondo

Syn: Teratornis olsoni Arredondo & Arredondo 1999 [2002b], Poeyana. 470-475, p.16.

Distribution:
Paredones Cave, Caimito, La Habana;
Túnel Cave, La Salud, La Habana;
Blancas Caves, Quivicán, La Habana;
Sandoval Cave, Caimito, La Habana (Arredondo & Arredondo [2002b]).

Teratornithidae L. Miller (1909), is the only fossil family recorded in Cuba (Suárez & Arredondo 1997, Arredondo & Arredondo [2002b]), shared with both North and South America (Campbell & Tonni 1980). This family originated in South America (Campbell & Tonni 1980, 1981, 1983), and colonized North America during the Pliocene (Campbell & Tonni 1980, Emslie 1988). The genus Teratornis L. Miller (1909) is only found in fossil deposits in North America, including Florida, possible origin of the ancestor of T. olsoni Arredondo & Arredondo (2002b) the Cuban extinct species.

Teratornis olsoni Arredondo & Arredondo - Holotype: Right femur (CZACC 400-649) Arredondo & Arredondo (2002). Paredones Cave, La Habana, Cuba.

Source: Biogeography of the fossil birds of Cuba (W. Suarez) In Spanish
www.redciencia.cu/cdorigen/arca/paper/williav.pdf

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Is there anything else known about this species?

[RSN]

Another form, "Teratornis" olsoni, was described from the Pleistocene of Cuba, but its exact affinities are not completely resolved; it might not be a teratorn at all. There are also undescribed fossils from southwestern Ecuador, but apart from these forms, teratorns were restricted to North America (Campbell & Tonni, 1983).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratornithidae

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Is that all?

[argentavis]

Now Oscaravis olsoni.

Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. (2009) A new genus for the Cuban teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 122(1): 103-116. doi:10.2988/08-27.1

www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2988/08-27.1

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Jul 4, 2018 11:00:34 GMT argentavis said:

Now Oscaravis olsoni.

Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. (2009) A new genus for the Cuban teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 122(1): 103-116. doi:10.2988/08-27.1

www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2988/08-27.1

Full paper free here: www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/2009_Suarez,%20W._A%20new%20Cuban%20teratorn.pdf

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Orihuela, Johanset. (2019). An annotated list of late Quaternary extinct birds of Cuba. Ornitología Neotropical 30: 57-67.

[Sebbe]

Suárez, W. (2022): Catalogue of Cuban fossil and subfossil birds.Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 142(1): 10-74.

bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-british-ornithologists-club/volume-142/issue-1/bboc.v142i1.2022.a3/Catalogue-of-Cuban-fossil-and-subfossil-birds/10.25226/bboc.v142i1.2022.a3.full