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A palaeontologist studying fossil fragments in Central Otago has identified a previously unknown, but now extinct, bat.
Tiny extinct bat found in NZ fossil record https://t.co/w26aXU6914
Nice to see the @odtnews covering our research on the St Bathans goose. You can read all about our research here in our @ConversationEDU article https://t.co/6bV3kXS40D
Two marsupials believed extinct for 6000 years found alive
Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a palm-sized possum with a bizarre, elongated finger
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An earlier theory argued that the St Bathans goose represented the direct ancestors of the giant flightless Cnemiornis geese, implying this lineage had a very long history (at least 14 Mya) in NZ https://t.co/5BQ7bjV866 7/13
While many species of birds have been arriving in NZ throughout geological history, the ancestors of some of our large birds have only arrived here surprisingly recently - in the past 4-5 Mya - including takahe, Eyles' harrier & Haast's eagle https://t.co/9R7VuBKXpE 6/13
The St Bathans goose is not closely related to the recently-extinct giant flightless NZ geese (Cnemiornis species) or their Australian cousin, the Cape Barren goose. Artwork by Paul Martinson/Te Papa CC BY-NC-SA. 4/13
Welcome to the world Meterchen luti, the St Bathans goose that lived in subtropical New Zealand 14-19 Mya (https://t.co/5BQ7bjV866), making it ten waterfowl species that lived around the giant palaeolake Manuherikia. Artwork by Sasha Votyakova/Te Papa CC BY-NC-SA. 1/13 🧵
One of the world's biggest funders of palaeontology is Epstein's buddy George Church (he founded the $10 billion USD "de-extinction" company Colossal). Many palaeontologists work for Church on: mammoth, dire wolf, dodo, thylacine, moa, etc.: https://t.co/fhIHt9384q