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Nycticorax kalavikai (Niue night heron)
Taxonomy
Nycticorax kalavikai was named by Steadman et al. (2000). Its type specimen is MNZ S37651, a set of limb elements (tarsometarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anakuli Cave, Hakupu, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Niue.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Nycticorax kalavikai Steadman et al. p. 169 figs. 2C,F,G, 3C,D, 4C,F,I, 5C, 6C, 7C,F, 8C-F |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Nycticorax kalavikai Steadman et al. 2000 [Niue night heron]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004 | |||||