Manuherikia (genus)

Manuherikia
Temporal range: Early Miocene 19–16 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Dendrocheninae
Genus: Manuherikia
Worthy et al., 2007
Species

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Manuherikia is a genus of extinct species of ducks from the Miocene of New Zealand. It was described from fossil material of the Saint Bathans Fauna, in the lower Bannockburn Formation of the Manuherikia Group, found by the Manuherikia River in the Central Otago region of the South Island. The genus name comes from the name of the geological formation in which the fossils were found and, ultimately, from the Manuherikia River and its valley.[1]

Species

Described species are:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Worthy TH, Tennyson AJD, Jones C, McNamara JA, Douglas BJ (2007). "Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 (1): 1–39. doi:10.1017/S1477201906001957.
  2. Miskelly, C.M. (2013). "Douglas’ duck". New Zealand Birds Online. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. Gill, B.J. (Convener, OSNZ Checklist Committee) (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Fourth edition. Wellington: Te PaPa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.
  4. Worthy TH, Tennyson AJD, Hand SJ, Scofield RP (1983). "A new species of the diving duck Manuherikia and evidence for geese (Aves: Anatidae: Anserinae) in the St Bathans Fauna (Early Miocene), New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 38: 97–114. doi:10.1080/03014220809510549.


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