Pelecanus cadimurka Vickers-Rich & van Tets, 1981

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Vickers-Rich, Patricia and van Tets, Gerry F. (1981). The fossil pelicans of Australasia. Records of the South Australian Museum 18(12): 235-264.

Other references:

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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