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The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography

Date

Authors

Bunce, Michael

Worthy, Trevor H

Phillips, Matthew

Holdaway, R.N.

Willerslev, Eske

Haile, J.

Shapiro, Beth

Scofield, R.P.

Drummond, Alexei J.

Kamp, P.J.J.

Publisher

National Academy of Sciences (USA)

Abstract

The ratite moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) were a speciose group of massive graviportal avian herbivores that dominated the New Zealand (NZ) ecosystem until their extinction ≈600 years ago. The phylogeny and evolutionary history of this morphologically div

Keywords

Keywords: mitochondrial DNA; allopathy; article; calibration; controlled study; fossil; genetic variability; Miocene; molecular clock; Neogene; New Zealand; nonhuman; nucleotide sequence; Oligocene; phylogeny; Pleistocene; priority journal; ratite; species extincti Ancient DNA; Dinornithiformes; Oligocene drowning; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/59445

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1073/pnas.0906660106

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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