Barawertornis

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Barawertornis
Temporal range:
Late Oligocene - Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: incertae sedis
Order: †Gastornithiformes
Family: †Dromornithidae
Genus: †Barawertornis
P. Rich, 1979
Species:
†B. tedfordi
Binomial name
†Barawertornis tedfordi
P. Rich, 1979[1]

Barawertornis tedfordi was a

Riversleigh deposits located at two sites in Northwestern Queensland, Australia.[2]

It was described in 1979 by

dromornithids to test previously published theories on relationships within the family.[4]

B. tedfordi is currently the smallest known species of dromornithid, comparable in size to the cassowaries[3] and weighing in at 80 to 95 kilograms.[5]

This mihirung was a

Casuarius casuarius, the flightless and rainforest dwelling the southern cassowary.[4]

The name of the genus, Barawertornis, derives from an Aboriginal language, a word for ground Barawerti, and the Ancient Greek ornis, bird. The specific epithet refers to Richard H. Tedford for that researcher's discoveries of tertiary avian fauna in Australia.[6]

See also

Footnotes

  1. Rich, Patricia (1979): The Dromornithidae, an extinct family of large ground birds endemic to Australia. Bureau of National Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 184: 1–196. file at Bureau catalogue entry
  2. ^ Boles (2005)
  3. ^ a b SAPE (1999)
  4. ^
    doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1539
    .
  5. ^ a b Boles (2001)
  6. ^ Rich, P.V. 1979. The Dromornithidae, a family of large,extinct ground birds endemic to Australia: Systematic and phylogenetic considerations. Canberra Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 184, 1–196.

References

  • Boles, Walter E. (2001): Australian Museum Fact Sheets: 'Thunder Birds' - The Family Dromornithidae. Retrieved 2006-OCT-17.
  • Boles, Walter E. (2005): A New Flightless Gallinule (Aves: Rallidae: Gallinula) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia. (2005) Records of the Australian Museum 57(2): 179–190. ODF fulltext
  • Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution (SAPE) (1999): Information Letter 13. HTML fulltext Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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