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Journal of Systematic Palaeontology Volume 14, 2016 - Issue 7
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Wading a lost southern connection: Miocene fossils from New Zealand reveal a new lineage of shorebirds (Charadriiformes) linking Gondwanan avifaunas

Vanesa L. De PietriSchool of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, GPO 2100, Adelaide5001, South Australia, Australia;Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch8013, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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R. Paul ScofieldCanterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch8013, New Zealand
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Alan J. D. TennysonMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington6140, New Zealand
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Suzanne J. HandSchool of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, New South Wales2052, Australia
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Trevor H. WorthySchool of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, GPO 2100, Adelaide5001, South Australia, Australia
Pages 603-616 | Received 28 Apr 2015, Accepted 22 Jul 2015, Published online: 13 Oct 2015

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Karl M. Lenser & Trevor H. Worthy. (2023) Morphometric analysis confirms the presence of the Plains-wanderer (Aves: Pedionomus torquatus) in fossil deposits at Naracoorte Caves, South Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology 123:4, pages 268-280.
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Vanesa L. De Pietri, R. Paul Scofield, Gavin J. Prideaux & Trevor H. Worthy. (2018) A new species of lapwing (Charadriidae: Vanellus) from the late Pliocene of central Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology 118:4, pages 334-343.
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Trevor H. Worthy, Vanesa L. De Pietri & R. Paul Scofield. (2017) Recent advances in avian palaeobiology in New Zealand with implications for understanding New Zealand’s geological, climatic and evolutionary histories. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 44:3, pages 177-211.
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VL De Pietri, RP Scofield, SJ Hand, AJD Tennyson & TH Worthy. (2016) Sheathbill-like birds (Charadriiformes: Chionoidea) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Australasia. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 46:3-4, pages 181-199.
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Daniel T. Nugent, David J. Baker‐Gabb, Steve W. J. Leonard & John W. Morgan. (2022) Livestock grazing to maintain habitat of a critically endangered grassland bird: Is grazer species important?. Ecological Applications 32:5.
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Vanesa L. De Pietri, Gerald Mayr & R. Paul Scofield. (2019) Becassius charadriioides, an early Miocene pratincole-like bird from France: with comments on the early evolutionary history of the Glareolidae (Aves, Charadriiformes). PalZ 94:1, pages 107-124.
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Junya Watanabe. (2018) Ontogeny of Surface Texture of Limb Bones in Modern Aquatic Birds and Applicability of Textural Ageing. The Anatomical Record 301:6, pages 1026-1045.
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Suzanne J. Hand, Robin M. D. Beck, Michael Archer, Nancy B. Simmons, Gregg F. Gunnell, R. Paul Scofield, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Vanesa L. De Pietri, Steven W. Salisbury & Trevor H. Worthy. (2018) A new, large-bodied omnivorous bat (Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae) reveals lost morphological and ecological diversity since the Miocene in New Zealand. Scientific Reports 8:1.
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