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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand2024

The moa footprints from the Pliocene - early Pleistocene of Kyeburn, Otago, New Zealand.

Kane Fleury, Emma Burns, Marcus D Richards, Kevin Norton, Stephen Read, Rachel Wesley, R Ewan Fordyce, Klaus Wilcken

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8 authors.

Kane FleuryTūhura Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-6329
Emma BurnsTūhura Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5370-8649
Marcus D RichardsDepartment of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8690-8631
Kevin NortonSchool of Geography, Environment and Earth Science, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7995-6464
Stephen ReadDepartment of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0423-6750
Rachel WesleyAukaha, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3057-1918
R Ewan FordyceSchool of Geography, Environment and Earth Science, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-730X
Klaus WilckenAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6870-2047

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In March, 2019, a trackway of seven footprints was found at a riverbank outcrop of Maniototo Conglomerate Formation in the Kyeburn River, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand. In this study, we describe this first known occurrence of moa (Dinornithiformes) footprints to be found and recovered in Te Waipounamu/South Island. Footprints of the trackway were ∼46 mm deep, 272-300 mm wide and 260-294 mm in length. An associated separate footprint was 448 mm wide and 285 mm long. Cosmogenic nuclide dating of adjacent overlying beds from the same formation establishes a mean minimum age of burial age for the tracks of 3.57 Ma (+1.62/-1.18 Ma) with a mode of 2.9 Ma, which we interpret to be Late Pliocene, with a conservative age range of Pliocene to Early Pleistocene. The trackway maker is identified as a moa from the Emeidae family, probably from the genus

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cosmogenic nuclide datingDinornithiformesManiototo Conglomeratemoa footprint‌Pliocene‌Trackway

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PMCPMC11459810

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