Trevor Henry Worthy

Trevor Henry Worthy (born 1957), New Zealander paleontologist.

• School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 45 taxon names authored by Trevor Henry Worthy

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1983

• Worthy, T.H. 1983. Subfossil insects - a key to past diversity. Weta 6(2): 42–43. PDF

1987

• Worthy, T.H. 1987. Osteology of Leiopelma (Amphibia: Leiopelmatidae) and descriptions of three new subfossil Leiopelma species. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 17(3): 201–251. Google books Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. 1987. Paleoecological information concerning members of the frog genus Leiopelma (Leiopelmatidae) in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 17(4): 409–420. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1987.10426482 Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. 1987. Sexual dimorphism and temporal variation in the North Island moa species Euryapteryx curtus (Owen) and Pachyornis mappini Archey. National Museum of New Zealand records 3(6): 59–70. Reference page. 

1988

• Worthy, T.H. 1988. A re-examination of the moa genus Megalapteryx. Notornis 35: 99–108. PDF ResearchGate Reference page. 

1989

• Worthy, T.H. 1989. Validation of Pachyornis australis Oliver (Aves; Dinornithiformes), a medium sized moa from the South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 32(2): 255–266. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1989.10427587 . Reference page. 

1991

• Millener, P.R. & Worthy, T.H. 1991. Contributions to New Zealand's late Quaternary avifauna. II: Dendroscansor decurvirostris, a new genus and species of wren (Aves: Acanthisittidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21: 179–200. Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. 1991. Fossil skink bones from Northland, New Zealand, and description of a new species of Cyclodina, Scincidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21(4): 329–348. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1991.10420831 Reference page. 

1992

• Worthy, T.H. 1992. A re-examination of the species Euryapteryx geranoides (Owen) including comparisons with other emeiin moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 22(1): 19-40. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1992.10420815 Reference page. 

1993

• Worthy, T.H. 1993. A review of fossil bird bones from loess deposits in eastern South Island, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 10(8): 95–106. [Publication date: 'May 1993', sourced from first page of article]

1994

• Worthy, T.H. & Holdaway, R.N. 1994. Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in Takaka Valley and on Takaka Hill, northwest Nelson, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24(3): 297–391. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1994.9517474 Reference page. 

1996

• Kuschel, G. & Worthy, T.H. 1996. Past distribution of large weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the South Island, New Zealand, based on Holocene fossil remains. New Zealand entomologist 19: 15–22.

1998

• Worthy, T.H. 1988. A re-examination of the moa genus Megalapteryx. Notornis 35: 99–108. PDF ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. 1998. A remarkable fossil and archaeological avifauna from Marfells Beach, Lake Grassmere, South Island, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 12(1): 79–176. [Publication date: 'April 1998', sourced from first page of article]

2000

• Worthy, T.H. & Holdaway, R.N. 2000. Terrestrial fossil vertebrate faunas from inland Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 14: 89–154. [Publication date: 'December 2000', sourced from first page of article]

2002

• Worthy, T.H., Miskelly, C.M. & Ching, R.A. 2002. Taxonomy of North and South Island snipe (Aves: Scolopacidae: Coenocorypha) with analysis of a remarkable collection of snipe bones from Greymouth, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 29(3): 231–244. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2002.9518307 Reference page. 

2003

• Worthy, T.H. 2003. A new extinct species of snipe Coenocorypha from Vitilevu, Fiji. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 123(2): 90–103. BHL Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. & Wragg, G.M. 2003. A new species of Gallicolumba: Columbidae from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(4): 769–793. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9517758 Reference page. 
• Palma, R.L., Worthy, T.H. & Tennyson, A.J.D. 2003. Resolution of the status of the taxon Apteryx maxima. Tuhinga 14: 1–9. full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Tennyson, A.J.D., Palma, R.L., Robertson, H.A., Worthy, T.H. & Gill, B.J. 2003. A new species of kiwi (Aves, Apterygiformes) from Okarito, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Museum 40: 55–64. PDF. Reference page. 

2004

• Worthy, T.H. 2004. The fossil rails (Aves: Rallidae) of Fiji with descriptions of a new genus and species. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(3): 295–314. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2004.9517768

2005

• Worthy, T.H. 2005. Rediscovery of the types of Dinornis curtus Owen and Palapteryx geranoides Owen, with a new synonymy (Aves: Dinornithiformes). Tuhinga 16: 33-43. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2006

• Wragg, G.M. & Worthy, T.H. 2006. A new species of extinct imperial pigeon (Ducula: Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group. Historical Biology 18(2): 131–144. DOI: 10.1080/08912960600640853 . Reference page. 

2007

• Worthy, T.H., Tennyson, A.J.D., Jones, C., McNamara, J.A. & Douglas, B.J. 2007. Miocene waterfowl and other birds from Central Otago, New Zealand. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5(1): 1–39. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201906001957 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2008

• Worthy, T.H. & Lee, M.S.Y. 2008. Affinities of Miocene waterfowl (Anatidae: Manuherikia, Dunstanetta and Miotadorna) from the St Bathans fauna, New Zealand. Palaeontology 51: 677–708. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00778.x Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. & Wragg, G.M. 2008. A new genus and species of pigeon (Aves: Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group. Terra australis 29: 419–510. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2009

• Worthy, T.H. 2009. Descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of two new genera and four new species of Oligo-Miocene waterfowl (Aves: Anatidae) from Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156(2): 411–454. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00483.x Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. & Scanlon, J.D. 2009. An Oligo-Miocene magpie goose (Aves: Anseranatidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1): 205–211. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0103 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Bunce, M., Worthy, T.H., Phillips, M.J., Holdaway, R.N., Willerslev, E., Haile, J., Shapiro, B., Scofield, R.P., Drummond, A.J., Kamp, P.J.J. & Cooper, A. 2009. The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography. PNAS 106(49): 20646–20651. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906660106 Reference page.  
• King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page. 

2010

• Gill, B.J., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D., & Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th ed. Te Tapa Press, Wellington, New Zealand: 500 pp. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H., Hand, S.J., Nguyen, J.M.T., Tennyson, A.J.D., Worthy, J.P., Scofield, R.P., Boles, W.E. & Archer, M. 2010. Biogeographical and phylogenetic implications of an Early Miocene wren (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae) from New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2): 479–498. DOI: 10.1080/02724631003618033 Reference page. 

2011

• Worthy, T.H., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Scofield, R.P. 2011. Fossils reveal an early Miocene presence of the aberrant gruiform Aves: Aptornithidae in New Zealand. Journal of Ornithology 152(3): 669–680. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0649-6 ResearchGate. Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. 2011. Descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and two new species of Oligo-Miocene cormorants (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) from Australia. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 163(1): 277–314. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00693.x
• Worthy, T.H. & Boles, W.E. 2011. Australlus, a new genus for Gallinula disneyi (Aves: Rallidae) and a description of a new species from Oligo-Miocene deposits at Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 63(1): 61–77. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.63.2011.1563
• Worthy, T.H., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Scofield, R.P. 2011. An Early Miocene diversity of parrots (Aves, Strigopidae, Nestorinae) from New Zealand. Journal of vertebrate paleontology 31(5): 1102–1116. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.595857
• Worthy, T.H. & Bollt, R. 2011. Prehistoric birds and bats from the Atiahara Site, Tubuai, Austral Islands, East Polynesia. Pacific Science, 65(1): 69–85. DOI: 10.2984/65.1.069 PDF Reference page. 

2012

• Worthy, T.H. 2012. A phabine pigeon (Aves: Columbidae) from Oligo-Miocene Australia. Emu 112(1): 23–31. DOI: 10.1071/MU11061 Reference page. 
• Schwarzhans, W., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D., Worthy, J.P. & Worthy, T.H. 2012. Fish remains, mostly otoliths, from the non-marine early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(2): 319–350. DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0127 Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. & Scofield, R.P. 2012. Twenty-first century advances in knowledge of the biology of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes): a new morphological analysis and moa diagnoses revised. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 39(2): 87–153. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2012.665060 Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. 2012. A new species of Oligo-Miocene darter (Aves: Anhingidae) from Australia. Auk 129(1): 96−104. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.11204 Reference page. 

2013

• Worthy, T.H., Tennyson, A.J.D., Scofield, R.P. & Hand, S.J. 2013. Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 43(4): 211–230. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2013.825300 Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H., Worthy, J.P., Tennyson, A.J.D., Salisbury, S.W., Hand, S.J. & Scofield, R.P. 2013. Miocene fossils show that kiwi (Apteryx, Apterygidae) are probably not phyletic dwarves. Pp. 63-80 in: Göhlich, U.B. & Kroh, A. (eds.), Paleornithological Research 2013: Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Vienna, 2012. Verlag des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Vienna, 2013. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H., Worthy, J.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Scofield, R.P. 2013. A bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand. Paleontological Journal 47(11): 1331–1343. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030113110154 Reference page. 
• Hand, S.J., Worthy, T.H., Archer, M., Worthy, J.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Scofield, R.P. 2013. Miocene mystacinids (Chiroptera, Noctilionoidea) indicate a long history for endemic bats in New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(6): 1442–1448. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.775950 Reference page. 

2015

• Hand, S.J., Lee, D.E., Worthy, T.H., Archer, M., Worthy, J.P., Tennyson, A.J.D., Salisbury, S.W., Scofield, R.P., Mildenhall, D.C., Kennedy, E.M. & Lindqvist, J.K. 2015. Miocene fossils reveal ancient roots for New Zealand's endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and its rainforest habitat. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0128871. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128871 Reference page. 

2016

• Worthy, T.H., Handley, W.D., Archer, M. & Hand, S.J. 2016. The extinct flightless mihirungs (Aves, Dromornithidae): cranial anatomy, a new species, and assessment of Oligo-Miocene lineage diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(3): e1031345. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.1031345 Academia.edu Reference page. 

2017

• Worthy, T.H., Degrange, F.J., Handley, W.D. & Lee, M.S.Y. 2017. The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres). Royal Society Open Science 4: 170975. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170975 Reference page. 

2018

• Hand, S.J., Beck, R.M.D., Archer, M., Simmons, N.B., Gunnell, G.F., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D., De Pietri, V.L., Salisbury, S.W. & Worthy, T.H. 2018. A New, Large-bodied Omnivorous Bat (Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae) reveals Lost Morphological and Ecological Diversity since the Miocene in New Zealand. Scientific Reports 8: 235. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18403-w Reference page. 
• Mayr, G., De Pietri, V.L., Scofield, R.P. & Worthy, T.H. 2018. On the taxonomic composition and phylogenetic affinities of the recently proposed clade Vegaviidae Agnolín et al., 2017 — neornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Hemisphere. Cretaceous Research 86: 178–185. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.013 Reference page. 

2019

• Yates, A.M. & Worthy, T.E. 2019. A diminutive species of emu (Casuariidae: Dromaiinae) from the late Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(4): e1665057. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1665057 Reference page. 

2020

• Worthy, T.E. & Nguyen, J.M.T. 2020. An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 144(1): 66–108 DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1756560 Reference page. 
• De Pietri, V.L., Worthy, T.H., Scofield, R.P., Cole, T.L., Wood, J.R., Cibois, A., Jansen, J.J.F.J., Zhang, G., Mitchell, K.J., Feng, S., Chen, W., Tennyson, A.J.D., & Wragg, G.M. 2020. A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa115 Reference page. 

2024

• Worthy, T.H., Bunce, M., Cooper, A., Phillips, M.J. & Scofield, R.P. 2024. The availability of Megalapterygidae, a family-group name for Megalapteryx, among New Zealand moa. Avian Systematics 2(5): 65–67. PDF Reference page.