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Former presence of a parakeet (Cyanoramphus sp.) on Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic, with notes on the island's fossil sites and fossil record

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TitelFormer presence of a parakeet (Cyanoramphus sp.) on Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic, with notes on the island's fossil sites and fossil record
MedientypJournal Article
Jahr der Veröffentlichung2010
AutorenHoldaway, R. N., J. M. Thorneycroft, P. McClelland, and M. Bunce
JournalNotornis
Volume57
Problem1
Veröffentlichungsdatum2010
SchlüsselwörterCampbell Island, Cyanoramphus, fossil fauna, New Zealand subantarctic, parakeet
Zusammenfassung

One significant late Holocene deposit of bird and other fossils was discovered during a brief survey of potential fossil sites on subantarctic Campbell I, New Zealand. The bones recovered included the first specimen of a Cyanoramphus parakeet from the island. Preliminary ancient DNA analysis of the parakeet bone confirmed its generic identification and may ultimately facilitate the re-introduction of a taxon that most closely resembles the genetic make-up of the extinct population. Some implications of the fossil record and value of the fossil sites are discussed.
URLhttps://notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Holdaway%20et%20al.%202010.pdf
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