Kuiornis indicator is an extinct New Zealand wren (Acanthisittidae) known from the early Miocene (19–16 million years ago) St Bathans fauna in Central Otago. It is known from a holotype proximal right tarsometatarsus (NMNZ S.50929). Amongst acanthisittids it is most closely related to the living rifleman.[1]

References

  1. ^ Trevor H. Worthy; Suzanne J. Hand; Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen; Alan J. D. Tennyson; Jennifer P. Worthy; R. Paul Scofield; Walter E. Boles; Michael Archer (2010). "Biogeographical and Phylogenetic Implications of an Early Miocene Wren (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae) from New Zealand". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 479–498. doi:10.1080/02724631003618033. S2CID 85994536.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiornis
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