Earliest finds of crossbills (genus Loxia) (Aves: Fringillidae) from Varshets (NW Bulgaria)

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pp. 51-57
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract: 

A review of the fossil history of g. Loxia is presented. Bulgarian record of crossbills consists of several finds of 4 sites – 3 of Upper Pleistocene (Wurmian) age and one of Middle Villafranchian (ca. 2.2 mya). The last site (a ponor near the town of Varshets, NW Bulgaria) has provided the earliest record of the genus. These finds are described as Loxia patevi sp. n.

Боев, З. Н. Самые древние находки клестов (род Loxia) (Aves: Fringillidae) из Выршеца, Северо-Западная Болгария. Сделано обозрение фосильной летописи рода Loxia. Болгаарские находки происходят из 4 местонахождений – 3 из них верхнего плейстоцена (вюрм) и 1 из среднего виллафранка (около 2,2 млн. лет). Последний из них (понор в скасистом холме в окресностях г. Выршеца, Северо-Западная Болгария) содержит самые древние остатки клестов. Они относятся к новому неизвестному до сих пор виду, Loxia patevi sp. n.

Keywords: 

fossil birds, passeriformes, Pliocene avifaunas, Bulgaria, Villafranchian

DOI: 
10.52321/GeolBalc.29.3-4.51

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