Matuku otagoense

Matuku otagoense Temporal range: Early Miocene 19–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Ardeidae
Genus:	†Matuku Scofield et al., 2010
Species:	†M. otagoense
Binomial name
†Matuku otagoense Scofield et al., 2010

Matuku otagoense, also referred to as the Saint Bathans heron, is an extinct genus and species of heron from the Early Miocene of New Zealand. It was described from fossil material collected in 2007 from the Saint Bathans fauna of the Bannockburn Formation in Otago, South Island. It was a contemporary of the much smaller Saint Bathans bittern, remains of which have been found in the same sediments.^[1] The genus name matuku is a Māori-language word meaning “heron” or "bittern". The specific epithet is a latinisation of the name of the Otago region where the descriptive material was collected.^[2]

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Genera of ibis, herons, pelicans and their extinct allies

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Clade: Aequornithes
• Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes
incertae sedis †Cladornis? †Torotigidae? Torotix Pelecani Balaenicipitidae Balaeniceps †Goliathia †Paludiavis Pelecanidae †Eopelecanus †Miopelecanus Pelecanus Scopidae Scopus Ardei See below ↓

Ardei
incertae sedis †Ardeacites? †Xenerodiopidae Xenerodiops Threskiornithidae incertae sedis †Gerandibis †Milnea †Mopsitta? †Protibis †Rhynchaeites †Vadaravis †Xenicibis Plataleinae †Platalea Threskiornithinae †Apteribis Bostrychia Cercibis Eudocimus Geronticus Lophotibis Mesembrinibis Nipponia Phimosus Plegadis Pseudibis Thaumatibis Theristicus Threskiornis Ardeidae †Ardeagrandis Calherodius †Eoceornis †Matuku †Nyctisoma Oroanassa †Proardeola Agamiinae Agamia Ardeinae Ardea Ardeola Bubulcus Butorides Egretta Gorsachius Nycticorax Nyctanassa Pilherodius †Proardea Syrigma †Zeltornis Zonerodius Botaurinae Botaurus Ixobrychus †Pikaihao Zebrilus Cochleariinae Cochlearius Tigriornithinae †Taphophoyx Tigriornis Tigrisoma

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