El registro fósil de “Ciconia lydekkeri” Ameghino, 1891 en el Pleistoceno de Sudamérica

Abstract

In the present note new materials referable to the living species C. lydekkeri are described and reviewed. The extinct species C. maltha is here considered as junior synonym of C. lydekkeri and the latter is reported for the first time in the Pleistocene of Argentina. Moreover, all fossil records of the genus Ciconia in the Pleistocene of South America are briefly analyzed.