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Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution by Mitchell, Kieren J., Llamas, Bastien, Soubrier, Julien, Rawlence, Nicolas J., Worthy, Trevor H., Wood, Jamie, Lee, Michael S. Y., Cooper, Alan

“…The evolution of the ratite birds has been widely attributed to vicariant speciation, driven by the Cretaceous breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana. The…”
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Osteology Supports a Stem-Galliform Affinity for the Giant Extinct Flightless Bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres) by Worthy, Trevor H, Mitri, Miyess, Handley, Warren D, Lee, Michael S Y, Anderson, Atholl, Sand, Christophe

“…The giant flightless bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Aves: Sylviornithidae) existed on La Grande Terre and Ile des Pins, New Caledonia, until the late Holocene…”
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High-resolution coproecology : using coprolites to reconstruct the habits and habitats of New Zealand’s extinct upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) by Wood, Jamie R

“…Contributes to the knowledge of moa diet and ecology by reporting the results of a multidisciplinary study of 35 coprolites from a subalpine cave (Euphrates…”
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Osteohistology of Dromornis stirtoni (Aves: Dromornithidae) and the biological implications of the bone histology of the Australian mihirung birds by Chinsamy, Anusuya, Handley, Warren D., Worthy, Trevor H.

“…The late Miocene Dromornis stirtoni is the largest of the giant flightless dromornithid birds. Here, we studied 22 long bones (femora, tibiotarsi,…”
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Dating the Late Prehistoric Dispersal of Polynesians to New Zealand Using the Commensal Pacific Rat by Wilmshurst, Janet M., Anderson, Atholl J., Higham, Thomas F. G., Worthy, Trevor H.

“…The pristine island ecosystems of East Polynesia were among the last places on Earth settled by prehistoric people, and their colonization triggered a…”
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New Pleistocene bird fossils in Taiwan reveal unexpected seabirds in East Asia by Wu, Siao-Man, Worthy, Trevor, Chuang, Chih-Kai, Lin, Chien-Hsiang

“…The island of Taiwan, with its diverse microclimates and key position on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, attracts numerous bird enthusiasts due to its…”
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Is the “Genyornis” egg of a mihirung or another extinct bird from the Australian dreamtime? by Grellet-Tinner, Gerald, Spooner, Nigel A., Worthy, Trevor H.

“…The iconic Australian Genyornis newtoni (Dromornithidae, Aves) is the sole Pleistocene member of an avian clade now hypothesized to be alternatively in…”
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Cultural innovation and megafauna interaction in the early settlement of arid Australia by Hamm, Giles, Mitchell, Peter, Arnold, Lee J., Prideaux, Gavin J., Questiaux, Daniele, Spooner, Nigel A., Levchenko, Vladimir A., Foley, Elizabeth C., Worthy, Trevor H., Stephenson, Birgitta, Coulthard, Vincent, Coulthard, Clifford, Wilton, Sophia, Johnston, Duncan

“…Warratyi rock shelter shows evidence of human occupation approximately 50,000 years ago, development of tool use and cultural innovation, and interaction with…”
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Histovariability and Palaeobiological Implications of the Bone Histology of the Dromornithid, Genyornis newtoni by Chinsamy, Anusuya, Worthy, Trevor H.

“…The bone microstructure of extinct animals provides a host of information about their biology. Although the giant flightless dromornithid, Genyornis newtoni,…”
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A megafauna’s microfauna : gastrointestinal parasites of New Zealand’s extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) by Wood, Jamie R

“…Presents the results of the first multidisciplinary study of parasites from an extinct megafaunal clade using coprolites from four New Zealand moa species…”
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Using Holocene fossils to model the future: Distribution of climate suitability for tuatara, the last rhynchocephalian by Jarvie, Scott, Worthy, Trevor H., Saltré, Frédérik, Scofield, R. Paul, Seddon, Philip J., Cree, Alison

“…Aim Correlative species distribution models (SDMs) are typically trained using only the contemporary distribution of species; however, recent records might…”
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Prehistoric avifaunas from the Kingdom of Tonga by Worthy, Trevor H, Burley, David V

“…Abstract Avifaunas derived from Lapita archaeological sites excavated between 2004 and 2014 from four sites in the Vava'u Group and two on Tongatapu, Kingdom…”
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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 by McInerney, Phoebe L., Blokland, Jacob C., Worthy, Trevor H.

“…The presence of Dromornithidae in the Australian Cenozoic fossil record was first reported in 1872, yet although eight species and hundreds of specimens are…”
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A probable koala from the Oligocene of central Australia provides insights into early diprotodontian evolution by Crichton, Arthur I., Beck, Robin M. D., Couzens, Aidan M. C., Worthy, Trevor H., Camens, Aaron B., Prideaux, Gavin J.

“…Diprotodontians are the morphologically and ecologically most diverse order of marsupials. However, an approximately 30-million-year gap in the Australian…”
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Descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of two new genera and four new species of Oligo‐Miocene waterfowl (Aves: Anatidae) from Australia by WORTHY, TREVOR H.

“…The Tertiary anatid fossils (Aves: Anatidae) from Oligocene and Miocene deposits in Australia are described. Most fossils derive from the Late Oligocene –…”
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The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres) by Worthy, Trevor H., Degrange, Federico J., Handley, Warren D., Lee, Michael S. Y.

“…The extinct dromornithids, gastornithids and phorusrhacids are among the most spectacular birds to have ever lived, with some giants exceeding 500 kg. The…”
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Resolving lost herbivore community structure using coprolites of four sympatric moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes) by Wood, Jamie R., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Richardson, Sarah J., Rawlence, Nicolas J., Wagstaff, Steven J., Worthy, Trevor H., Cooper, Alan

“…Knowledge of extinct herbivore community structuring is essential for assessing the wider ecological impacts of Quaternary extinctions and determining…”
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A Diminutive Species of Emu (Casuariidae: Dromaiinae) from the Late Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia by Yates, Adam M, Worthy, Trevor H

“…A new, diminutive species of dromaiine casuariid, Dromaius arleyekweke, is described from dispersed skeletal elements from the late Miocene Waite Formation of…”
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Pliocene Avian Footprints from the Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia by Camens, Aaron B, Worthy, Trevor H

“…The tetrapod trace fossil record of Australia has, until recently, been poorly studied relative to records on other continents. In the last few decades, a…”
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Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand's Endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat by Hand, Suzanne J, Lee, Daphne E, Worthy, Trevor H, Archer, Michael, Worthy, Jennifer P, Tennyson, Alan J D, Salisbury, Steven W, Scofield, R Paul, Mildenhall, Dallas C, Kennedy, Elizabeth M, Lindqvist, Jon K

“…The New Zealand endemic bat family Mystacinidae comprises just two Recent species referred to a single genus, Mystacina. The family was once more diverse and…”
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