Biology:Priscaweka

From HandWiki

Priscaweka is an extinct monotypic genus of rail that inhabited Zealandia during the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Palaeobiology

Priscaweka parvales was flightless. It exhibited substantial sexual dimorphism.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Mather, Ellen K.; Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Scofield, Richard Paul; De Pietri, Vanesa L.; Hand, Suzanne Joan; Archer, Michael; Handley, Warren D.; Worthy, Trevor Henry (4 March 2019). "Flightless rails (Aves: Rallidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna, Otago, New Zealand" (in en). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17 (5): 423–449. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1432710. ISSN 1477-2019. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2018.1432710. Retrieved 26 July 2026. 

Wikidata ☰ Q140701308 entry