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Vini sinotoi
Steadman & Zarriello 1987
Holocene (1300-700 years old) of Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Tahuata; Marquesas Islands, sc
Pacific Ocean
Primary materials: Holotype: complete tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials: Paratypes: coracoïdea, scapula, humeri, tibiotarsi, tarsometatarsi,
pedal phalanx, rostrum, quadrata, mandibulae, sterna
David W. Steadman & Marie C. Zarriello,
Two new species of parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from archeological
sites in the Marquesas Islands
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100 (1987): 518-528
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Vini vidivici
Steadman & Zarriello 1987
Holocene (1300-700 years old) of Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Tahuata; Marquesas Islands, sc
Pacific Ocean
Primary materials: Holotype: complete tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials: Paratypes: tibiotarsus, coracoïdea, humeri, carpometacarpus,
tarsometatarsi, mandibulae
David W. Steadman & Marie C. Zarriello,
Two new species of parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from archeological
sites in the Marquesas Islands
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100 (1987): 518-528
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Ara autochthones
Wetmore 1937
Holocene of St.Croix, Virgin Islands, Caribbean
Primary materials: Type: left tibiotarsus
Pierce Brodkorb,
Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 4 (Columbiformes through
Piciformes)
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 15 (1971): 163-266
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