A fossil stone-curlew (Aves: Burhinidae) from the Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of South Australia

Walter E Boles; Melanie A Finch; Rene H Hofheins; Patricia  Vickers-Rich; Mary Walters; Thomas H Rich

A fossil stone-curlew (Aves: Burhinidae) from the Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of South Australia

Walter E Boles, Melanie A Finch, Rene H Hofheins, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Mary Walters, Thomas H Rich

School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment

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Abstract

Wilaru tedfordi nov. gen. et nov. spec. is a fossil burhinid from Upper Oligocene/Lower Miocene sites in northern South Australia. Almost all specimens come from Lake Pinpa, with a few recovered from Lake Palankarinna and Billeroo Creek. Numerous specimens have been recovered, representing most elements of the pectoral girdle, forelimb and hindlimb. This is the oldest known burhinid. It shares several morphological character states with the genus Esacus and, like that taxon, had a proportionally long humerus and short tarsometatarsus, although the difference is much more pronounced. Also like species of Esacus, and in contrast to those of Burhinus, Wilaru may have frequented the shorelines of lakes and rivers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Paleornithological Research 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution
Editors	Ursula B Gohlich, Andreas Kroh
Place of Publication	Vienna Austria
Publisher	Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Pages	43-62
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9783902421821
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	International Meeting of the Society-for-Avian-Paleontology-and-Evolution 2012 - Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria Duration: 11 Jun 2012 → 16 Jun 2012 Conference number: 8th http://www.sapesociety.org/?p=179

Conference

Conference	International Meeting of the Society-for-Avian-Paleontology-and-Evolution 2012
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	11/06/12 → 16/06/12
Internet address	http://www.sapesociety.org/?p=179

Keywords

Burhinidae
stone-curlew
Wilaru tedfordi
Late Oligocene/Early Miocene
Australia

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Boles, W. E., Finch, M. A., Hofheins, R. H., Vickers-Rich, P., Walters, M., & Rich, T. H. (2013). A fossil stone-curlew (Aves: Burhinidae) from the Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of South Australia. In U. B. Gohlich, & A. Kroh (Eds.), Paleornithological Research 2013: Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution (pp. 43-62). Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.

Boles, Walter E ; Finch, Melanie A ; Hofheins, Rene H et al. / A fossil stone-curlew (Aves: Burhinidae) from the Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of South Australia. Paleornithological Research 2013: Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. editor / Ursula B Gohlich ; Andreas Kroh. Vienna Austria : Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, 2013. pp. 43-62

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Boles, WE, Finch, MA, Hofheins, RH, Vickers-Rich, P, Walters, M & Rich, TH 2013, A fossil stone-curlew (Aves: Burhinidae) from the Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of South Australia. in UB Gohlich & A Kroh (eds), Paleornithological Research 2013: Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna Austria, pp. 43-62, International Meeting of the Society-for-Avian-Paleontology-and-Evolution 2012, Vienna, Austria, 11/06/12.

A fossil stone-curlew (Aves: Burhinidae) from the Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of South Australia. / Boles, Walter E; Finch, Melanie A; Hofheins, Rene H et al.
Paleornithological Research 2013: Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. ed. / Ursula B Gohlich; Andreas Kroh. Vienna Austria: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, 2013. p. 43-62.

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A fossil stone-curlew (Aves: Burhinidae) from the Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of South Australia

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