Vanellus Brisson, 1760

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Vanellus Brisson

392. Vanellus sp.

Quaternary – MG

Fig. 23

Vanellus aff. cayennensi , forma magna; Vanellus cayennensis et aff. [“Knogler af en Art eller Form, der staar ganske naer ved V. cayennensis og occidentalis , men er stØrre”] – Winge 1887: 13, 27–28.

“ Vanellus cayennensis (2 formas, uma grande e uma pequena)” [in part] – Goeldi 1894: 559.

Vanellus cayennensis [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 763. Belonopterus chilensis – Brodkorb 1967: 199.

Belonopterus chilensis – Mones 1986: 92.

Vanellus chilensis – Cuello 1988: 45.

Belonopterus chilensis – Cenizo and Agnolín 2007: 41. Vanellus sp. – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

Winge (1887) reported an almost complete right humerus (in two parts) from Lapa da Escrivânia V, which corresponds well to that of Vanellus chilensis (“ V. cayennensis or occidentalis ”) but is considerably larger and presents a longer deltoid crest. Additionally, there is the proximal end of another right humerus from Lapa da Escrivânia XI, similar to the previous one.

393. Vanellus chilensis (Molina)

Quaternary – GO, MG, MS

Vanellus cayennensis et aff. [“Knogler af StØrrelse som hos V. cayennensis ”] – Winge 1887: 28.

“ Vanellus cayennensis (2 formas, uma grande e uma pequena)” [in part] – Goeldi 1894: 559.

Vanellus cayennensis [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 763.

Vanellus chilensis – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

Winge (1887) reported the distal end of a tibiotarsus, a coracoid, and a fragment of the frontal and medial parts of the sternum of a young individual from Lapa da Escrivânia

V. Despite small variations, these bones correspond well in size to Vanellus chilensis .

Vanellus chilensis – Rosa 2004: 233.

Vanellus chilensis – Rosa 2004: 247.

Vanellus chilensis [?] – Paulo 2009: 142.

Rosa (2004) reported a bone from square 14H and another from the ParanaÍba phase (early Holocene) square 18I of the GO-JA-01 rock shelter in Serranópolis, Goiás. The material is deposited in the IAP/Unisinos collection.

Vanellus chilensis – Schmitz et al. 2009: 342.

Schmitz et al. (2009) reported two bones from level

5 of the MS-MA-16A site in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul.

Scolopacidae Rafinesque 394. Scolopacidae indet.

Quaternary – MG

“ Totanus - eller Tringa -agtig Fugl” – Winge 1887: 29.

Limicola sp. – Lambrecht 1933: 764.

Scolopacidae indet. – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

Winge (1887) reported the proximal part of an ulna of a bird similar to Tringa or the then valid Totanus from Lapa da Escrivânia V. It is insignificantly smaller than and slightly different from that of a Tringa melanoleuca , but this may be due to individual variation.

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