Is the “Genyornis” egg of a mihirung or another extinct bird from the Australian dreamtime?
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- 作者：Gerald Grellet-Tinnera ; b ; locarnolugano@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Nigel A. Spoonerc ; d ; nigel.spooner@adelaide.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Trevor H. Worthya ; trevor.worthy@flinders.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Eggs ; Eggshells ; Paleoenvironments ; Genyornis newtoni ; Dromornithids ; Megapodes ; Progura ; Micro-CT ; EBSD ; Quaternary ; Australia
- 刊名：Quaternary Science Reviews
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：133
- 期：Complete
- 页码：147-164
- 全文大小：12069 K
文摘
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Eggshell previously identified as from Genyornis newtoni is reassessed.
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Egg size and microstructure is not conducive with an identity as an dromornithid.
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We suggest that this eggshell is from one of the extinct megapodes in Progura.
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Previous assessments of the timing of Genyornis extinction relate to Progura species.