Coenocorypha neocaledonica Worthy, Anderson & Sand, 2013
New Caledonia[n] snipe
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Coenocorypha? sp. (Balouet & Olson, 1989:32); Coenocorypha sp. nov. ‘New Caledonia’ (used here before formal description)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
New Caledonia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Worthy, Trevor, Anderson, Atholl, and Sand, Christophe. (2013). An extinct Austral snipe Aves: Coenocorypha from New Caledonia. Emu 113(4): 383-393. [Abstract]
Other references:
Anderson, Atholl, Sand, Christophe, Petchey, Fiona and Worthy, Trevor H. (2010). Faunal Extinction and Human Habitation in New Caledonia: Initial Results and Implications of New Research at the Pindai Caves. Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1(1): 89-109.
Balouet, Jean Christophe and Olson, Storrs L. (1989). Fossil Birds from Late Quaternary Deposits in New Caledonia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 469: 1-38, 16 figures, 13 tables.