Coenocorypha neocaledonica Worthy, Anderson & Sand, 2013

New Caledonia[n] snipe

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Coenocorypha? sp. (Balouet & Olson, 1989:32); Coenocorypha? undescribed species (Tyrberg, 2009:85)

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.

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

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