A fossil vertebrate fauna accumulated by laughing owls (Sceloglaux albifacies) on the Gouland Downs, Northwest Nelson, South Island

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Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 225-233

  Worthy, Trevor H ^a  

^a Palaeofaunal Surveys   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fossil fauna; Gouland Downs; Laughing owl; New Zealand; Prey remains; Sceloglaux; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; TAPHONOMY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANURA; AVES; CHARADRIUS OBSCURUS; GEKKONIDAE; RAPTORES; SCELOGLAUX; SCELOGLAUX ALBIFACIES; STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035706615     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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