Soft-tissue specimens from pre-European extinct birds of New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorRawlence, Nicolas J.
dc.contributor.authorWood, Jamie R.
dc.contributor.authorScofield, R. P.
dc.contributor.authorFraser, C
dc.contributor.authorTennyson, A. J. D.
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-17T04:12:41Z
dc.date.copyright2012-09-20
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractWe provide the first complete review of soft tissue remains from New Zealand birds that became extinct prior to European settlement (c. AD 1800). These rare specimens allow insights into the anatomy and appearance of the birds that are not attainable from bones. Our review includes previously unpublished records of ‘lost’ specimens, and descriptions of recently discovered specimens such as the first evidence of soft tissues from the South Island goose (Cnemiornis calcitrans). Overall, the soft tissue remains are dominated by moa (with specimens from each of the six genera), but also include specimens from Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi) and the New Zealand owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles novaezealandiae). All desiccated soft tissue specimens that have radiocarbon or stratigraphic dates are late Holocene in age, and most have been found in the semi-arid region of Central Otago.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationRawlence, N. J., Wood, J. R., Scofield, R. P., Fraser, C., & Tennyson, A. J. D. (2012). Soft-tissue specimens from pre-European extinct birds of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, published online on 20 September 2012.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03036758.2012.704878en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/7785
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
dc.relation.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.2012.704878#.UeYXd6zAEfMen_NZ
dc.rightsThis article has been published in the journal: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. © 2012 the Royal Society of New Zealand. Used with permission.en_NZ
dc.subjectAegothelesen_NZ
dc.subjectbirdsen_NZ
dc.subjectChenonettaen_NZ
dc.subjectCnemiornisen_NZ
dc.subjectDinornithiformesen_NZ
dc.subjectextincten_NZ
dc.subjectfeathersen_NZ
dc.subjectmoaen_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_NZ
dc.subjectsoft tissuesen_NZ
dc.titleSoft-tissue specimens from pre-European extinct birds of New Zealanden_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
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