Manu antiquus is a species of extinct bird of uncertain affinities from the Oligocene of New Zealand. It was described by Brian Marples in 1946 from fossil material (part of a furcula) found near Duntroon, north Otago, in the South Island. Marples suggested that it might be an early albatross; subsequent researchers have speculated that it could be a pelagornithid; however, its affinities remain uncertain. The genus name Manu is Māori for "bird"; the specific epithet antiquus is Latin for "old" or "ancient".[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Manu Marples, 1946[1] |
| Species: | †M. antiquus
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| †Manu antiquus Marples, 1946
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References
edit- ^ Marples, B.J. (1946). "Notes on some neognathous bird bones from the Early Tertiary of New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 76 (2): 132–134.
- ^ 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 (PDF) (Fourth ed.). Wellington: Te PaPa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.
- ^ Miskelly, C.M. (2013). "Bird of unknown affinities". New Zealand Birds Online. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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