Kurrartapu
| Kurrartapu johnnguyeni Temporal range: Early Miocene
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| Genus: | Kurrartapu Nguyen et al., 2013
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| Species: | K. johnnguyeni
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| Kurrartapu johnnguyeni Nguyen et al., 2013
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Kurrartapu johnnguyeni is an extinct species of bird in the Australian magpie and butcherbird family. It was described from Early Miocene material (a proximal tarsometatarsus) found at Riversleigh in north-western Queensland, Australia. It is the first Tertiary record of a cracticid from Australia. The size of the fossil material indicates that it was similar in size to the living black butcherbird. The generic name is a Kalkatungu language term for the Australian magpie. The specific epithet honours John Nguyen, the father of the senior describer.[1]
References
- ^ Nguyen JM, Worthy TH, Boles WE, Hand SJ, Archer M (2013). "A new cracticid (Passeriformes: Cracticidae) from the Early Miocene of Australia". Emu. 113 (4): 374–382. doi:10.1071/MU13017.
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