Palaelodus aotearoa
| Palaelodus aotearoa Temporal range: Early Miocene 19–16 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Palaelodidae |
| Genus: | Palaelodus |
| Species: | P. aotearoa |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaelodus aotearoa Worthy et al., 2010 | |
Palaelodus aotearoa is an extinct species of long-legged waterbird, a palaelodid from the Early Miocene of New Zealand. It was described from fossil material (two distal right tibiotarsi) collected in 2008 and 2009 from the Saint Bathans Fauna of the Bannockburn Formation, Manuherikia River, in central Otago, South Island. The specific epithet is a Māori language name for New Zealand.[1]
References
- ↑ Worthy, Trevor H.; Tennyson, Alan J.D.; Archer, Michael; & Scofield, R. Paul (2010). "First record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand". In W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy. (eds). Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum 62. pp. 77–88. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1545.
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