Journal article
Former presence of a parakeet (Cyanoramphus sp.) on Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic, with notes on the island's fossil sites and fossil record
Notornis, Vol.57, pp.8-18
2010
Abstract
One significant late Holocene deposit of bird and other fossils was discovered during a brief survey of potential fossil sites on subantarctic Campbell I, New Zealand. The bones recovered included the first specimen of a Cyanoramphus parakeet from the island. Preliminary ancient DNA analysis of the parakeet bone confirmed its generic identification and may ultimately facilitate the re-introduction of a taxon that most closely resembles the genetic make-up of the extinct population. Some implications of the fossil record and value of the fossil sites are discussed.
Details
- Title
- Former presence of a parakeet (Cyanoramphus sp.) on Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic, with notes on the island's fossil sites and fossil record
- Authors/Creators
- R.N. Holdaway (Author/Creator)J.M. Thorneycroft (Author/Creator)P. McClelland (Author/Creator)M. Bunce (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Notornis, Vol.57, pp.8-18
- Publisher
- Ornithological Society of New Zealand
- Identifiers
- 991005544935107891
- Copyright
- 2010 The Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Inc.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
Metrics
38 Record Views