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

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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.

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National Academy of Sciences (USA)

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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

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

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2037-12-31