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Research Biography
My interests involve the pathways and processes surrounding the evolution of birds, including the evolution of flight and flightlessness. I have experience investigating the taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetic relationships relating to the earliest representatives of the penguin clade (Sphenisciformes). My current focus is centred on the Rallidae, specifically assessing Oligocene-Miocene fossil interrelationships with respect to the modern radiation, using taxonomic and phylogenetic methods.
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Science, First Class Honours, Geology/Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Canterbury
Award Date: 13 Apr 2017
Bachelor of Science, Geology and Biology (double major), University of Canterbury
Award Date: 13 Dec 2013
Keywords
- QL Zoology
- QE Geology
- QH301 Biology
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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Chatham Island Paleocene fossils provide insight into the palaeobiology, evolution, and diversity of early penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes)
Blokland, J., Reid, C. M., Worthy, T. H., Tennyson, A. J., Clarke, J. & Scofield, R. P., Dec 2019, In: Palaeontologia Electronica. 22, 3, p. 1-92 92 p., 22.3.78.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Another case of island gigantism: the extinct Hodgens’ Waterhen (Tribonyx hodgenorum) is a member of Porzana (Aves: Rallidae)
Sangster, G., Blokland, J. C., Lubbe, P., Scofield, R. P. & Worthy, T. H., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Ornithology. 167, 1, p. 245-258 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multiple exceptionally preserved fossils from the Paleocene Waipara Greensand inform the diversity of the oldest stem group Sphenisciformes and the formation of their diving adaptations
Mayr, G., De Pietri, V. L., Proffitt, J., Blokland, J. C., Clarke, J. A., Love, L., Mannering, A. A., Crouch, E. M., Reid, C. & Scofield, R. P., Aug 2025, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204, 4, 35 p., zlaf080.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gymnocrecini, Amaurornithini and Pardirallini: three new family-group names for rails, with comments on the taxonomic placement of Zapornia akool (Rallidae)
Sangster, G., Blokland, J., Gregory, S. M. S. & Dickinson, E. C., 11 Jan 2024, In: Avian Systematics. 2, 4, p. 53–64 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Skull morphology of the enigmatic Genyornis newtoni Stirling and Zeitz, 1896 (Aves, Dromornithidae), with implications for functional morphology, ecology, and evolution in the context of Galloanserae
McInerney, P. L., Blokland, J. C. & Worthy, T. H., 2024, In: Historical Biology. 36, 6, p. 1093-1165 73 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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