Melanie
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Ewan Fordyce, eminent New Zealand paleontologist and expert on fossil whales has died on 10 November 2023.
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Fred Ruhe
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TRIBUTE TO EWAN FORDYCE (1953-2023)
From the SAPE newsletter 37 from 2023
Ewan Fordyce passed away peacefully on Friday November 10. Ewan was a respected colleague, friend, and mentor to many of us. A memorial service for Ewan will be held at Hope & Sons, 523 Andersons Bay Road, at 2:00pm, on Monday, November 20. The funeral will be livestreamed, and a link will be available here https://www.tributes.co.nz/ViewMyTribute.aspx?id=19930, where you can also leave a message in his Tribute Book. Last year, the Geoscience Society of New Zealand published a volume honouring Ewan (R. Ewan Fordyce: Tributes from a Global Community), which can be accessed through this link https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/MP160_REwanFordyce_tribute_220601.pdf
(Vanesa De Pietri / Marcus Richards)
Fossil Bird taxa described by R, Ewan Fordyce:
Ordo SPHENISCIFORMES Huxley, 1867
Familia Spheniscidae C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1831
Genus Waimanu Jones, Ando et Fordyce, 2006
Waimanu manneringi Jones, Ando et Fordyce, 2006
Muriwaimanu tuatahi (Jones, Ando et Fordyce, 2006)
Genus Kaiika Fordyce et Thomas, 2011
Kaiika maxwelli Fordyce et Thomas, 2011
Genus Kairuku Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando et Jones, 2012
Kairuku waitaki Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando et Jones, 2012
Kairuku grebneffi Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando et Jones, 2012
Fred
From the SAPE newsletter 37 from 2023
Ewan Fordyce passed away peacefully on Friday November 10. Ewan was a respected colleague, friend, and mentor to many of us. A memorial service for Ewan will be held at Hope & Sons, 523 Andersons Bay Road, at 2:00pm, on Monday, November 20. The funeral will be livestreamed, and a link will be available here https://www.tributes.co.nz/ViewMyTribute.aspx?id=19930, where you can also leave a message in his Tribute Book. Last year, the Geoscience Society of New Zealand published a volume honouring Ewan (R. Ewan Fordyce: Tributes from a Global Community), which can be accessed through this link https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/MP160_REwanFordyce_tribute_220601.pdf
(Vanesa De Pietri / Marcus Richards)
Fossil Bird taxa described by R, Ewan Fordyce:
Ordo SPHENISCIFORMES Huxley, 1867
Familia Spheniscidae C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1831
Genus Waimanu Jones, Ando et Fordyce, 2006
Waimanu manneringi Jones, Ando et Fordyce, 2006
Muriwaimanu tuatahi (Jones, Ando et Fordyce, 2006)
Genus Kaiika Fordyce et Thomas, 2011
Kaiika maxwelli Fordyce et Thomas, 2011
Genus Kairuku Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando et Jones, 2012
Kairuku waitaki Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando et Jones, 2012
Kairuku grebneffi Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando et Jones, 2012
Fred
Melanie
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In February 2023 Daniel Ksepka and his colleagues described Kumimanu fordycei, the largest known fossil penguin.
Daniel T. Ksepka, Daniel J. Field, Tracy A. Heath, Walker Patt, Daniel B. Thomas, Simone Giovanardi & Alan J. D., Tennyson, 2023
Largest-known fossil penguin provides insight into the early evolution of sphenisciform body size and flipper anatomy
Journal of Paleontology: 1–20.
doi:10.1017/jpa.2022.88
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Daniel T. Ksepka, Daniel J. Field, Tracy A. Heath, Walker Patt, Daniel B. Thomas, Simone Giovanardi & Alan J. D., Tennyson, 2023
Largest-known fossil penguin provides insight into the early evolution of sphenisciform body size and flipper anatomy
Journal of Paleontology: 1–20.
doi:10.1017/jpa.2022.88
Kumimanu fordycei n. sp.; Petradyptes stonehousei n. gen. n. sp.
Daniel T. Ksepka, Daniel J. Field, Tracy A. Heath, Walker Patt, Daniel B. Thomas, Simone Giovanardi & Alan J. D., Tennyson, 2023 Largest-known fossil penguin provides insight into the early evolution of sphenisciform body size and flipper anatomy Journal of Paleontology: 1–20...
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