Abstract

The first record of the flamingo-like Palaelodidae (Phoenicopteriformes) is reported from the Early Miocene, St Bathans Fauna of Central Otago, New Zealand. Two distal tibiotarsi are described as a new Palaelodus species and a cranial fragment of a sternum is tentatively assigned to the same taxon. The new species is slightly smaller than P. wilsoni from the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene of Australia, and is distinguished from all congeners by a more robust shaft with a gradual expansion of width to the distal condyles.

 
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Bibliographic Data

Short Form
Worthy et al., 2010, Rec. Aust. Mus. 62(1): 77–88
Author
Trevor H. Worthy; Alan J. D. Tennyson; Michael Archer; R. Paul Scofield
Year
2010
Title
First record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
62
Issue
1
Start Page
77
End Page
88
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1545
Language
en
Date Published
26 May 2010
Cover Date
26 May 2010
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
AVES; PALAEONTOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND
Reference Number
1545
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