Miotadorna
| Miotadorna sanctibathansi Temporal range: Early Miocene 19–16Ma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Tadorninae |
| Genus: | Miotadorna Worthy et al., 2007 |
| Species: | M. sanctibathansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Miotadorna sanctibathansi Worthy et al., 2007 | |
Miotadorna sanctibathansi is a genus and species of extinct tadornine duck from the Miocene of New Zealand. It was described from fossil material (a right humerus) collected from the Saint Bathans Fauna, in the lower Bannockburn Formation of the Manuherikia Group, found by the Manuherikia River in the Central Otago region of the South Island. The genus name reflects the view of the describers that the bird is a Miocene shelduck similar to those in the genus Tadorna. The specific epithet refers to the fossil sites’ location in the vicinity of the historic gold mining town of Saint Bathans, of which it is a latinisation.[1]
References
- ↑ Worthy TH, Tennyson AJD, Jones C, McNamara JA, Douglas BJ (2007). "Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 (1): 1–39. doi:10.1017/S1477201906001957.