A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia ) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia

• Published in: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Authors: De Pietri, Vanesa L, Worthy, Trevor H, Scofield, R Paul, Cole, Theresa L, Wood, Jamie R, Mitchell, Kieren J, Cibois, Alice, Jansen, Justin J F J, Cooper, Alan J, Feng, Shaohong, Chen, Wanjun, Tennyson, Alan Jd, Wragg, Graham M
• Other Authors: Australian Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2020
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Austral; Henderson Island; Calidris alba; Sanderling
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa115; https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/192/4/1045/49573886/zlaa115.pdf

Abstract We describe a new species of Polynesian sandpiper from Henderson Island, Prosobonia sauli sp. nov., based on multiple Holocene fossil bones collected during the Sir Peter Scott Commemorative Expedition to the Pitcairn Islands (1991–92). Prosobonia sauli is the only species of Prosobonia to...