A late Pleistocene predator-accumulated avifauna from Kids Cave, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 389-408

  Worthy, Trevor H ^a   Zhao, J X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kids cave; Late glacial maximum; Late pleistocene; Palaeoenvironment; Raptor accumulated avifauna; South island; West coast

Indexed keywords

ANURA; AVES; FALCO NOVAESEELANDIAE; FALCONIDAE; HARPAGORNIS MOOREI; RAPTORES; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 84863115730     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510609506874     Document Type: Article

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