Osteology Supports a Stem-Galliform Affinity for the Giant Extinct Flightless Bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres)

• Trevor H. Worthy ,

  * E-mail: trevor.worthy@flinders.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Miyess Mitri,

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Warren D. Handley,

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Michael S. Y. Lee,

  Affiliations Earth Sciences Section, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Atholl Anderson,

  Affiliation Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Christophe Sand

  Affiliation Institut d’Archéologie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et du Pacifique, BP 11423, 98802 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

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