Aves - Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae
Full reference: T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, M. Archer and R. P. Scofield. 2010. First Record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 62:77-88
Belongs to Palaelodus according to T. H. Worthy et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Palaelodus ambiguus, Palaelodus crassipes, Palaelodus goliath, Palaelodus gracilipes, Palaelodus pledgei, Palaelodus steinheimensis, Palaelodus wilsoni, Probalearica crataegensis
Type specimen: NMNZ S.51799, a limb element (distal right tibiotarsus). Its type locality is HH1b Home Hills Station (H41/f90), which is in an Altonian lacustrine - large sandstone in the Bannockburn Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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