Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850

Louys, Julien & Price, Gilbert J., 2015, The Chinchilla Local Fauna: An exceptionally rich and well-preserved Pliocene vertebrate assemblage from fluviatile deposits of south-eastern Queensland, Australia, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (3), pp. 551-572 : 558

Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850 Genus Microcarbo Bonaparte, 1856

Type species: Microcarbo pygmaeus (Pallas, 1773) , Europe, Recent.

Microcarbo melanoleucos Vieillot, 1817 Fig. 5I .

Material.— QM F1130 (right humerus) from Chinchilla, Australia, Pliocene.

Remarks.— De Vis (1888c) described a species of Anhingidae on the basis of a specimen from Chinchilla which he called Plotus parvus . Miller (1966a) revised that diagnosis and assigned the specimen to Halietor (now Microcarbo ) melanoleucos , synonymising Plotus parvus with the extant species.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Pliocene to Recent; Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Pacific.

Order Pelecaniformes Sharpe, 1891

Family Pelecanidae Rafinesque, 1815

Genus Pelecanus Linneaus, 1758

Type species: Pelecanus onocrotalus Linneaus, 1758 , Europe, Recent.

Figures

Fig. 5. Birds from unspecified localities near Chinchilla, Australia, Pliocene. A. Aythya australis Eyton, 1838, QM F1124, left tibiotarsus. B. Leipoa gallinacean (de Vis, 1888), QM F1132, partial carpometacarpus. C. Biziura lobata Shaw, 1796, QM F1125, partial left humerus. D. Anas superciliosa Gmelin, 1789, QM F5550, left coracoid. E. Fulica atra Linneaus, 1758, QM F1129, proximal right humerus. F. Gallinula morterii du Bus, 1840, QM F1138, distal right humerus.G. Charadriiformes gen.et sp.indet., QM F5543, proximal left femur.H. Necrastur alecer de Vis, 1892, QM F1136, proximal right humerus. I. Microcarbo melanoleucos Vieillot, 1817, QM F1130, right humerus. J. Ciconia nana (de Vis, 1888), QM F1131, distal right tibiotarsus. K. Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790), QM F56203, third trochlea of the tarsometatarsus. Scale bars 10 mm.