Numenius victima (Miller, 1942)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Palnumenius victima Miller, 1942

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Mexico

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Miller, Loye H. (1942). Two new bird genera from the Pleistocene of Mexico. University of California Publications in Zoology 47: 43-46.

 

Other references:

Matthews, Thomas J., Wayman, Joseph P., Cardoso, Pedro, Sayol, Ferran, Hume, Julian P., Ulrich, Werner, Tobias, Joseph A., Soares, Filipa C., Thébaud, Christophe, Martin, Thomas E. and Triantis, Kostas A. (2022). Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity. Journal of Biogeography 49(11): 1920-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14474 [Appendix S1 (.docx); Appendix S2 (.pdf)]

Olson, Storrs L. (1984). An evaluation of the fossil curlew Palnumenius victima L. Miller (Aves: Scolopacidae). Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ. 8: 53-55.

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. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

 

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