albertonykus
Well-known member
Tennyson, A.J.D., L. Greer, P. Lubbe, F.G. Marx, S. Giovanardi, and N.J. Rawlence (2024)
A response to Worthy et al. 2022. A swan-sized fossil anatid (Aves: Anatidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand. Zootaxa, 5168 (1), 39–50
Zootaxa 5453: 127–128
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.8
No abstract, first paragraph is copied below:
Worthy et al. (2022a) reassessed some large anatid specimens from the Miocene St Bathans fossil assemblage (Bannockburn Formation) in New Zealand and recommended that Miotadorna catrionae Tennyson, Greer, Lubbe, Marx, Richards, Giovanardi & Rawlence, 2022 be considered a junior synonym of Miotadorna sanctibathansi Worthy, Tennyson, Jones, McNamara & Douglas, 2007. Here, we reanalyse the new data they presented and reach the opposite conclusion, namely, that Miotadorna catrionae is a valid species.
A response to Worthy et al. 2022. A swan-sized fossil anatid (Aves: Anatidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand. Zootaxa, 5168 (1), 39–50
Zootaxa 5453: 127–128
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.8
No abstract, first paragraph is copied below:
Worthy et al. (2022a) reassessed some large anatid specimens from the Miocene St Bathans fossil assemblage (Bannockburn Formation) in New Zealand and recommended that Miotadorna catrionae Tennyson, Greer, Lubbe, Marx, Richards, Giovanardi & Rawlence, 2022 be considered a junior synonym of Miotadorna sanctibathansi Worthy, Tennyson, Jones, McNamara & Douglas, 2007. Here, we reanalyse the new data they presented and reach the opposite conclusion, namely, that Miotadorna catrionae is a valid species.
