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Taxonomy
Kairuku waewaeroa was named by Giovanardi et al. (2021). Its type specimen is WM 2006/1/1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Te Waitere, near, which is in a Whaingaroan coastal siltstone in the Glen Massey Formation of New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Kairuku waewaeroa Giovanardi et al. p. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Kairuku waewaeroa Giovanardi et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Giovanardi et al. 2021 | Distinguished from Kairuku waitaki and Kairuku grebneffi by larger size, presence of a deep ovoid fossa on the ventral face of the processus acrocoracoideus of the coracoid, and finger-like shape of the processus lateralis of the coracoid. Further differentiated from Kairuku grebneffi by the rounded (versus squared) shape of the olecranon. |
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Whaingaroan or 34.60000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Whaingaroan | New Zealand (North Island) | Kairuku waewaeroa (type locality: 222346) |