Leptoptilos robustus Meijer & Due, 2010

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Flores, Indonesia

All known material of L. robustus has come from Liang Bua limestone cave so far (Meijer & Due, 2010; Meijer et al., 2013, 2022).

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Meijer, Hanneke J. M. and Due, R. A. (2010). A new species of giant marabou stork (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 707-724. [Abstract]

Other references:

Meijer, Hanneke J. M. et al. (2013). Late Pleistocene-Holocene non-passerine avifauna of Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4): 877-894. [Abstract]

Meijer, Hanneke J. M. et al. (2015). Continental-style avian extinctions on an oceanic island. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 429: 163-170. [Abstract]

Meijer, Hanneke J. M. et al. (2022). More bones of Leptoptilos robustus from Flores reveal new insights into giant marabou stork paleobiology and biogeography. R. Soc. Open Sci.9: 220435. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220435

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)]

Sutikna, Thomas et al. (2018). The spatio-temporal distribution of archaeological and faunal finds at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) in light of the revised chronology for Homo floresiensis. Journal of Human Evolution 124: 52-74.

http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/SAPE_abstracts_2008.pdf

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