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