Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Full reference: T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, S. J. Hand and R. P. Scofield. 2008. A new species of the diving duck Manuherikia and evidence for geese (Aves: Anatidae: Anserinae) in the St Bathans Fauna (Early Miocene), New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 38(2):97-114
Belongs to Manuherikia according to T. H. Worthy et al. 2008
See also Zelenkov 2012
Sister taxa: Manuherikia lacustrina, Manuherikia minuta
Type specimen: NMNZ S.42878, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Croc Site L1, Mata Creek, H41/f84, which is in an Altonian lacustrine - large sandstone/siltstone in the Bannockburn Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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