Heracles inexpectatus
Heracles inexpectatus is a giant fossil parrot species from New Zealand, assigned to a monotypic genus Heracles, that lived during the early Miocene approximately 16 to 19 million years ago. The species was described from fossils discovered in 2008 at Saint Bathans, Otago, New Zealand. It is believed that the species stood up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall and weighed approximately 7 kg (15 lb). Initial analysis suggests it is from the superfamily Strigopoidea, which consists of three confirmed genera of parrots: Nestor (kea and kaka), Strigops (kakapo) and the fossil Nelepsittacus. It may have been the ancestor of the Kakapo.
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Heracles inexpectatus
Heracles inexpectatus is a giant fossil parrot species from New Zealand, assigned to a monotypic genus Heracles, that lived during the early Miocene approximately 16 to 19 million years ago. The species was described from fossils discovered in 2008 at Saint Bathans, Otago, New Zealand. It is believed that the species stood up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall and weighed approximately 7 kg (15 lb). Initial analysis suggests it is from the superfamily Strigopoidea, which consists of three confirmed genera of parrots: Nestor (kea and kaka), Strigops (kakapo) and the fossil Nelepsittacus. It may have been the ancestor of the Kakapo.
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Heracles inexpectatus is a gia ...... Mike Archer of "squawkzilla".
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Worthy, Hand, Archer, et al, 2019
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Burdigalian
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Heracles
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comparison of H. inexpectatus and Nelepsittacus minimus
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Worthy et al, 2019
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inexpectatus
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Heracles inexpectatus is a gia ...... en the ancestor of the Kakapo.
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Heracles inexpectatus
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