A bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorWorthy, T.
dc.contributor.authorWorthy, J.
dc.contributor.authorTennyson, A.
dc.contributor.authorScofield, R.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionFirst online: 19 December 2013
dc.description.abstractHerons (Aves: Ardeidae) are rare in the fossil record globally. Fossil taxa referred to Ardeinae and Nycticoracini are known from as early as the early Oligocene and ardeids undetermined to subfamily include some as old as the early Eocene. In Australasia, the pre-Pliocene record is restricted to one species from the early Miocene of New Zealand. On the basis of a tarsometatarsus and a coracoid we describe a new species of bittern (Ardeidae: Botaurinae) from the St Bathans Fauna, of early Miocene age, from Otago, New Zealand. This is only the third and the oldest pre-Quaternary record for Botaurinae globally.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityT. H. Worthy, J. P. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, and R. P. Scofield
dc.identifier.citationPaleontological Journal, 2013; 47(11):1331-1343
dc.identifier.doi10.1134/S0031030113110154
dc.identifier.issn0031-0301
dc.identifier.issn1555-6174
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/97946
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer US
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP120100486
dc.rights© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2013
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1134/s0031030113110154
dc.subjectFossil heron; bittern; Ardeidae; St Bathans Fauna; early Miocene
dc.titleA bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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