Nannopterum sp.

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 143-144

468. Nannopterum sp.

Early Holocene – GO

Phalacrocorax sp. – Rosa 2004: 233.

Phalacrocorax indet [?] – Paulo 2009: 142.

Rosa (2004) reported two bones of at least one individual from the ParanaÍba phase square 14H of the GO-JA-01 rock shelter in Serranópolis, Goiás. The material is deposited in the IAP/Unisinos collection.

469. Nannopterum brasilianum (Gmelin)

Quaternary – MG, MS, RJ, RS, SC

Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Winge 1887: 31.

Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Goeldi 1894: 603.

Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Lambrecht 1933: 733. Phalacrocorax olivaceus – Brodkorb 1963: 255.

Phalacrocorax olivaceus [ Phalacrocorax brasilianus ] – Mones 1986: 78.

Phalacrocorax olivaceus – Cuello 1988: 30.

Nannopterum brasilianus – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 491.

Winge (1887) reported part of a pelvis from Lapa da Escrivânia V and the distal end of a humerus and another partial pelvis from Lapa da Lagoa do Sumidouro. He noted that the two pelves differ somewhat from each other and a recent specimen, most likely due to individual variations.

Pelicaniformes [sic] [in part] – Kneip et al. 1989a: 126. Phalacrocorax olivaceus – Kneip et al. 1989b: 662. Phalacrocorax olivaceus – Kneip et al. 1994: 49. Phalacrocoracidae (“biguá, biguatinga”) [in part] – Kneip et al. 1995: 7.

Phalacrocoracidae (“biguá, biguatinga”) [in part] – Kneip et al. 1997: 19, 37.

Phalacrocoracidae – Kneip 2001: 7.

Phalacrocoracidae (“biguá, biguatinga”) [in part] – Magalhães et al. 2001: 59.

Kneip et al. (1989b, 1994) reported five bones of at least two individuals from layer I (3,800±190 years BP) of Sambaqui da Beirada in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro.

Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Jacobus 2004: 99.

Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Jacobus and Rosa 2013: 246.

Jacobus (2004) reported remains from the Dalpiaz (RS-LN-1) rock shelter in Maquiné, Rio Grande do Sul. The material is deposited in the MARSUL collection.

Palacrocorax brasilianus [sic] – Silva et al. 2006: 338.

Silva et al. (2006) reported remains from the RS-RG-49 site in Rio Grande , Rio Grande do Sul. The material is deposited in the IAP/Unisinos collection .

Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Schmitz et al. 2009: 342.

Schmitz et al. (2009) reported a bone from level 3 of the MS-MA-16A site in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul.

Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Rosa 2010: 113.

Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Ferrasso and Schmitz 2010: 75.

Rosa (2010) reported a bone from the Guarani site

RS-C- 71 in Porto Alegre , Rio Grande do Sul .

Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Jacobus and Rosa 2013: 249.

Jacobus and Rosa (2013) reported remains from the Pilger (RS-C-61) rock shelter in Harmonia, Rio Grande do Sul.

Nannopterum brasilianus – Mendes and Rodrigues 2024: 8.

Mendes and Rodrigues (2024) reported a bone from the Congonhas I (SC-LS-30) sambaqui in Tubarão, Santa Catarina .

Pelecaniformes Sharpe

Ardeidae Leach 470. cf. Ardeidae

Middle Holocene – SP

“uma tíbia de Ciconiforme, possivelmente de um Ardeidae ” [sic] – Garcia 1972: 51.

Garcia (1972) reported a possible ardeid tibiotarsus from the Piaçaguera site in Cubatão, São Paulo. It is deposited in the MAE-USP collection.

471. † Ardeidae indet. 1

Late Oligocene/Early Miocene – SP

Ardeidae – Castro et al. 1988b: 2362.

Ardeidae ? gen. sp. – Carmo et al. 2024: 5.

Castro et al. (1988b) mentioned Ardeidae among the paleofauna of the Tremembé Formation. However, the summary of bird records from the Formation provided in the same publication, derived from the literature and information provided by Herculano Alvarenga, does not mention this family.

472. Ardeidae indet. 2 (spp.?)

Late Holocene – SP

“Ardeideos” – Figuti 1993: 74.

473. Ardeidae indet. 3

Holocene – RS

Ardeidae – Rosa 2006e: 344.

Rosa (2006e) associated with this family a fragment of maxilla from the Banhado do Colégio site in Camaquã, Rio Grande do Sul. The material is deposited in the IAP/ Unisinos collection .

474. Ardeidae indet. 4 (spp.)

Late Holocene – SC

“Two different species of herons” – Klokler 2008: 175. Ardeidae – Klokler et al. 2010: 57.

Ardeidae – Villagran et al. 2011: 216.

Kokler (2008) reported two different ardeid species from the Jabuticabeira II site in Jaguaruna, Santa Catarina .