New palaeontological data from the excavation of the Late Glacial Glencrieff miring bone deposit, North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-236

  Rawlence, N J ^a,b   Scofield, R P ^c   Wood, J R ^d   Wilmshurst, J M ^d   Moar, N T ^d   Worthy, T H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Dinornithiformes; Gizzard contents; Glencrieff; Moa; New zealand; North canterbury; Palaeontology; Palynology; Pleistocene; Sporormiella

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BONE; FLIGHTLESSNESS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LATE GLACIAL; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRESERVATION; RADIOCARBON DATING;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES; DINORNIS GIGANTEUS; DINORNIS ROBUSTUS; DINORNITHIFORMES; EMEUS CRASSUS; EURYAPTERYX CURTUS; EURYAPTERYX GERANOIDES; PACHYORNIS ELEPHANTOPUS; PREUSSIA (ASCOMYCETE);

EID: 80052781489     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2011.559663     Document Type: Article

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