A heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans fauna of southern New Zealand

Richard Scofield; Trevor H. Worthy; Alan Tennyson

doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1542

A heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans fauna of southern New Zealand

Richard Scofield, Trevor H. Worthy, Alan Tennyson

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We describe a fossil heron, based on seven fossil bones, from the Early Miocene Bannockburn Formation at Saint Bathans, Central Otago in the south of New Zealand. Based on a phylogenetic analysis of 50 morphological characters, we determine the new heron is a member of Ardeidae but, in an analysis where we retrieve three major lineages in Ardeidae: (1) bitterns, (2) egrets and true herons, and (3) night herons, there is no support for a sister group relationship with any of these clades. We discuss aspects of the higher taxonomy of the herons based on our phylogeny.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-104
Number of pages	16
Journal	Records of The Australian Museum
Volume	62
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1542
Publication status	Published - 26 May 2010

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