Richard Scofield

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Adjunct Professor

University of Canterbury

New Zealand

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Richard Scofield is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research focuses on paleontology and the evolution of avian species, as demonstrated by his recent articles examining the diversity of ancient Sphenisciformes, the extinct Hodgens’ Waterhen, and various fossil remains from New Zealand’s Miocene and Eocene epochs. Through his work, he integrates fossil records with ecological modeling to enhance our understanding of historical avian behaviors and adaptations.

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Avian diversity in the aftermath of the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg) mass extinction: Zealandia as a hub for the evolution of marine birds.

Open Date: 2022-01-01

Close Date: 2025-01-01

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Early birds: insights from the fossil record into the evolutionary and ecological histories of shorebirds.

Open Date: 2017-03-01

Close Date: 2020-03-01

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Kiwi Rescue

Open Date: 2017-03-01

Close Date: 2021-03-01

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Early birds: insights from the fossil record into the evolutionary and ecological histories of shorebirds.

Open Date: 2017-01-01

Close Date: 2020-01-01

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The biogeographic importance of historical contingency: extinction and recolonisation in coastal New Zealand

Open Date: 2012-10-01

Close Date: 2015-10-01

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Phil Battley

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Massey University

NEW ZEALAND

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A large cracticine passerine (Aves, Artamidae, Cracticinae) from the Early Miocene, St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand

Burrowing Into the Past: Extending Niche Space Models of Procellariiform Breeding Grounds by Merging Fossil and Historic Data

Multiple exceptionally preserved fossils from the Paleocene Waipara Greensand inform the diversity of the oldest stem group Sphenisciformes and the formation of their diving adaptations

Another case of island gigantism: the extinct Hodgens’ Waterhen (Tribonyx hodgenorum) is a member of Porzana (Aves: Rallidae)

Parastacid (Decapoda, Parastacidae) fossil mandible remains from the Early Miocene, New Zealand

A preliminary assessment of the diversity of songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from the Miocene St. Bathans Fauna, New Zealand

A platypterygiid ichthyosaur from the Cenomanian of central New Zealand

A new Eocene species of presbyornithid (Aves, Anseriformes) from Murgon, Australia

Non-breeding behaviour in the Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi): insights from modelling moulting patterns and stable isotope analyses

The ‘Gulliver’ fish fauna of an early Miocene freshwater system of New Zealand; new insights from otoliths from the Bannockburn Formation

A swan-sized fossil anatid (Aves: Anatidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand

Two new neoavian taxa with contrasting palaeobiogeographical implications from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna, New Zealand

New bird remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA), including the first records of the Messelasturidae, Psittacopedidae, and Zygodactylidae from the Fisher/Sullivan site

Identification of the type locality of the South Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis

New Zealand's extinct giant raptor ( Hieraaetus moorei ) killed like an eagle, ate like a condor

Correction to ‘Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand’

Correction to: First monk seal from the Southern Hemisphere rewrites the evolutionary history of true seals

Collaborators (16)

Phil Battley

Jacob Christopher Blokland

Catherine Reid

Michael Archer

D. Rex Mitchell

Trevor Henry Worthy

Jamie Wood

Justin Ledogar

Stephen Wroe

Craig D. Millar

Gabriele Sansalone

Suzanne Hand

Steven Salisbury

George L. W. Perry

Edin Whitehead

Anneke H. van Heteren

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