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Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand

Insular avifaunas have repeatedly spawned evolutionary novelties in the form of unusually large, often flightless species. We report fossils from the Early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand that attests to the former existence of a giant psittaciform, which is described as a new genus and spec...

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Библиографические подробности
Опубликовано в: :Biol Lett
Главные авторы: Worthy, Trevor H., Hand, Suzanne J., Archer, Michael, Scofield, R. Paul, De Pietri, Vanesa L.
Формат: Artigo
Язык:Inglês
Опубликовано: The Royal Society 2019
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Online-ссылка:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731479/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31387471
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0467
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