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, V.L., Worthy, T.H., Scofield, R.P., Cole, T.L., Wood, J.R., Mitchell, K.J., Cibois, A., Jansen, J.J.F.J., Cooper, A.J., Feng, S., Chen, W., Tennyson, A.J., Wragg, G.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2021
• Subjects: molecular clocks; molecular phylogeny; island fauna; Pacific Islands; palaeobiogeography; Caenozoic; fossil record; Quaternary; palaeoecology; extinction; Austral; Henderson Island; Pacific; Calidris alba; Sanderling
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2440/132426; https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa115

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 be descri...