A heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of southern New Zealand

Records of the Australian Museum

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-104

  Scofield, R Paul ^a   Worthy, Trevor H ^b   Tennyson, Alan J D ^c  

^a CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

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EID: 77953767076     PISSN: 22014349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1542     Document Type: Article

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