First coprolite evidence for the diet of Anomalopteryx didiformis, an extinct forest ratite from New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wood, Jamie R ^a   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^a   Worthy, Trevor H ^b   Cooper, Alan ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Dinornithiformes; Moa; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROWSING; COPROLITE; CUTICLE; DIET; EXTINCTION; FERN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RHIZOME; SHRUB; SKELETON; UNDERSTORY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANOMALOPTERYX; ANOMALOPTERYX DIDIFORMIS; AVES; DINORNITHIFORMES; FILICOPHYTA; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 84860782788     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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