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Kurrartapu, the Glossary

Kurrartapu johnnguyeni is an extinct species of bird in the Australian magpie and butcherbird family.^[1]

48 relations: Acacia, Altitudinal migration, Araucariaceae, Aridification, Artamidae, Australian magpie, Bird, Black butcherbird, Borneo lowland rain forests, Bushshrike, Butcherbird, Casuarina, Cooperative breeding, Corvoidea, Cracticinae, Currawong, Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae, Early Miocene, Emu (journal), Eucalyptus, Extinction, Gondwana, Greenhouse and icehouse Earth, Helmetshrike, Iora, Kalkatungu language, Malaconotoidea, Mottled berryhunter, Nothofagus, Orthoptera, Ossification, Paleogene, Peltops, Platysteira, Podocarpaceae, Queensland, Riversleigh fauna, Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Sclerophyll, Sister group, Species description, Tarsometatarsus, Temporal fossa, Tertiary, Vanga, Woodcreeper, Woodswallow.
Artamidae
Cracticidae
Extinct monotypic bird genera

Acacia

Acacia, commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae.

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Altitudinal migration

Altitudinal migration is a short-distance animal migration from lower altitudes to higher altitudes and back.

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Araucariaceae

Araucariaceae – also known as Araucarians – is a family of coniferous trees, with three living genera, Araucaria, Agathis, and Wollemia.

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Aridification

Aridification is the process of a region becoming increasingly arid, or dry.

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Artamidae

Artamidae is a family of passerine birds found in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Asia.

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The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand, and the Fijian island of Taveuni. Kurrartapu and Australian magpie are Artamidae.

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Bird

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Black butcherbird

The black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi, also known as Cracticus quoyi) is a species of butcherbird in the family Artamidae. Kurrartapu and black butcherbird are Artamidae.

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Borneo lowland rain forests

The Borneo lowland rain forests is an ecoregion, within the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, of the large island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

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Bushshrike

The bushshrikes are smallish passerine birds.

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Butcherbird

Butcherbirds are songbirds closely related to the Australian magpie. Kurrartapu and Butcherbird are Artamidae.

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Casuarina

Casuarina, also known as she-oak, Australian pine and native pine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Casuarinaceae, and is native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and eastern Africa.

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Cooperative breeding

Cooperative breeding is a social system characterized by alloparental care: offspring receive care not only from their parents, but also from additional group members, often called helpers.

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Corvoidea

Corvoidea is a superfamily of birds in the order of Passeriformes.

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Cracticinae

The Cracticinae, bellmagpies and allies, gathers together 12 species of mostly crow-like birds native to Australasia and nearby areas. Kurrartapu and Cracticinae are Artamidae.

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Currawong

Currawongs are three species of medium-sized passerine birds belonging to the genus Strepera in the family Artamidae native to Australia.

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Cyatheaceae

The Cyatheaceae are a family of ferns, the scaly tree ferns, one of eight families in the order Cyatheales in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).

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Dicksoniaceae

Dicksoniaceae is a group of tropical, subtropical and warm temperate ferns, treated as a family in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), and counting 30-40 species.

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Early Miocene

The Early Miocene (also known as Lower Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages: the Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages.

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Emu (journal)

Emu, subtitled Austral Ornithology, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of BirdLife Australia (formerly the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union).

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Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Gondwana

Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.

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Greenhouse and icehouse Earth

Throughout Earth's climate history (Paleoclimate) its climate has fluctuated between two primary states: greenhouse and icehouse Earth.

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Helmetshrike

Helmetshrikes are a family uniting some smallish to mid-sized songbird species.

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Iora

The ioras are a small family, Aegithinidae, of four passerine bird species found in south and southeast Asia.

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Kalkatungu language

Kalkatungu (also Kalkutungu, Galgadungu, Kalkutung, Kalkadoon, or Galgaduun) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken around the area of Mount Isa and Cloncurry, Queensland.

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Malaconotoidea

Malaconotoidea is a superfamily of passerine birds.

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Mottled berryhunter

The mottled berryhunter or mottled whistler (Rhagologus leucostigma) is a species of bird whose relationships are unclear but is most likely related to the woodswallows, boatbills and butcherbirds.

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Nothofagus

Nothofagus, also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 43 species of trees and shrubs native to the Southern Hemisphere in southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and east and southeast Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and New Caledonia.

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Orthoptera

Orthoptera is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā.

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Ossification

Ossification (also called osteogenesis or bone mineralization) in bone remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cells named osteoblasts.

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Paleogene

The Paleogene Period (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma.

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Peltops

Peltops is a genus of birds in the family Artamidae. Kurrartapu and Peltops are Cracticidae.

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Platysteira

Platysteira is a genus of bird in the family Platysteiridae.

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Podocarpaceae

Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, known in English as podocarps, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Riversleigh fauna

Riversleigh fauna is the collective term for any species of animal identified in fossil sites located in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area.

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Riversleigh World Heritage Area

Riversleigh World Heritage Area is Australia's most famous fossil location, recognised for the series of well preserved fossils deposited from the Late Oligocene to more recent geological periods. Kurrartapu and Riversleigh World Heritage Area are Riversleigh fauna.

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Sclerophyll

Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat.

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Sister group

In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.

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Species description

A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.

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The tarsometatarsus is a bone that is only found in the lower leg of birds and some non-avian dinosaurs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrartapu

Also known as Kurrartapu johnnguyeni.

Kurrartapu, the Glossary

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See also

Artamidae

Cracticidae

Extinct monotypic bird genera

References