Osteology Supports a Stem-Galliform Affinity for the Giant Extinct Flightless Bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres)

The giant flightless bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Aves: Sylviornithidae) existed on La Grande Terre and Ile des Pins, New Caledonia, until the late Holocene when it went extinct shortly after human arrival on these islands. The species was generally considered to be a megapode (Megapodiidae) until...

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Autores principales: Worthy, Trevor H., Mitri, Miyess, Handley, Warren D., Lee, Michael S. Y., Anderson, Atholl, Sand, Christophe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4814122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27027304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150871

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4814122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27027304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150871

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