A review of New Zealand Eomysticetidae (Mammalia, Cetacea) and implications for the evolution of baleen whales: new specimens, functional anatomy, and …
RW Boessenecker, MD Richards - Journal of the Royal Society of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Eomysticetidae are a clade of early diverging functionally toothless, longirostrine and likely
baleen-bearing stem mysticete whales. Eomysticetid fossils are rare but known worldwide …
baleen-bearing stem mysticete whales. Eomysticetid fossils are rare but known worldwide …
Stem albatrosses wandered far: a new species of Plotornis (Aves, Pan-Diomedeidae) from the earliest Miocene of New Zealand
DT Ksepka, AJD Tennyson, MD Richards… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Albatrosses are among the most intensely studied groups of living birds, yet their fossil
record remains sparse. Despite modern albatrosses being more abundant and widespread …
record remains sparse. Despite modern albatrosses being more abundant and widespread …
First records of two mackerel shark species (Carcharodon planus comb. nov. and Carcharodon hubbelli; Lamnidae) from New Zealand
DJ Ehret, AJD Tennyson, MD Richards… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The fossil record of the genus Carcharodon (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) dates to the late
Oligocene and has a near global distribution. Today the genus is represented by a single …
Oligocene and has a near global distribution. Today the genus is represented by a single …
Fossil vertebrates from southern Zealandia: taonga of international significance
C Loch, D Thomas, J Robinson - Journal of the Royal Society of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Vertebrate fossils from Aotearoa New Zealand have revealed the global
significance of Zealandia on the origins of modern birds, the history of cetaceans during …
significance of Zealandia on the origins of modern birds, the history of cetaceans during …