Quaternary fossil faunas of Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-521

  Worthy, T H ^a  

^a Palaeofaunal Surveys   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birds; Fossil vertebrates; New Zealand; Otago; Quaternary palaeofauna; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FAUNA; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; TAPHONOMY;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS; GEKKO; HOPLODACTYLUS DUVAUCELII; HOPLODACTYLUS MACULATUS; MYSTACINA; OLIGOSOMA; SCINCIDAE; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0032447818     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9517573     Document Type: Article

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