Australian Museum Journal First record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy
- Shortform:
- Worthy et al., 2010, Rec. Aust. Mus. 62(1): 77–88
- Author(s):
- Worthy, Trevor H.; Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Archer, Michael; Scofield, R. Paul
- Year published:
- 2010
- Title:
- First record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 77
- End page:
- 88
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1545
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 26 May 2010
- Cover date:
- 26 May 2010
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- AVES; PALAEONTOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND
- Reference number:
- 1545
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (43kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (467kb PDF)
Abstract
The first record of the flamingo-like Palaelodidae (Phoenicopteriformes) is reported from the Early Miocene, St Bathans Fauna of Central Otago, New Zealand. Two distal tibiotarsi are described as a new Palaelodus species and a cranial fragment of a sternum is tentatively assigned to the same taxon. The new species is slightly smaller than P. wilsoni from the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene of Australia, and is distinguished from all congeners by a more robust shaft with a gradual expansion of width to the distal condyles.