Fossil New Zealand Wrens

Fossil records for the family		New Zealand Wrens

		*Dendroscansor decurvirostris* Millener & Worthy 1991 Late Holocene of New Zealand Primary materials: Holotype: partial skeleton Secondary materials: Paratypes: mandibula Philip R. Millener & T. H. Worthy, *Contribution to New Zealand's late Quaternary avifauna. II: Dendroscansor decurvirostris, a new genus and species of wren (Aves: Acantisittidae)* Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21, 2 (1991): 179-200
		*Pachyplichas yaldwyni* Millener 1988 Holocene of South Island, New Zealand Primary materials: Holotype: complete right tarsometatarsus Secondary materials: Paratypes: incomplete skull, mandibula, ternum, right scapula, both coracoīdea, both humeri, both ulnae, left carpometacarpus, both femora, both tibiotarsi, right fibula, left tarsometatarsus, pedal phalanges, ribben, partial cranium, partial rostrum, nearly complete pelvis, both radii, sternum, partial skeleton Philip R. Millener, *Contributions to New Zealand's late Quaternary avifauna. I: Pachyplichas, a new genus of wren (Aves: Acanthisittidae), with two new species* Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 18 (1988): 383-406
		*Pachyplichas jagmi* Millener 1988 Holocene of North Island, New Zealand Primary materials: Holotype: complete right tarsometatarsus Secondary materials: Paratypes: both coracoīdea, both humeri, left ulna, right radius, left femur, both tibiotarsi, partial synsacrum Philip R. Millener, *Contributions to New Zealand's late Quaternary avifauna. I: Pachyplichas, a new genus of wren (Aves: Acanthisittidae), with two new species* Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 18 (1988): 383-406
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