Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-39

  Worthy, T H ^a   Tennyson, A J D ^b   Jones, C ^c   McNamara, J A ^d   Douglas, B J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Avifauna; Early Middle Miocene; Fossils; Lacustrine; New taxa; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; WATERFOWL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AEGOTHELES; AEGOTHELIDAE; ANAS; ANATIDAE; APODIDAE; APTORNIS; AVES; CALIDRIS RUFICOLLIS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHARADRIUS BICINCTUS; COLLOCALIA; COLUMBA; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES; CRACTICIDAE; CYGNUS; DINORNITHIFORMES; GALLIRALLUS PHILIPPENSIS; GRUIFORMES; LARIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PELECANOIDES; PELECANOIDIDAE; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PODICIPEDIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; RALLIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 33846915364     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201906001957     Document Type: Article

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