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. 2013 Feb 25;8(2):e57315. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057315

Table 1. Prevalence and abundance of nematode egg types in moa coprolites.

Locality and moa species n Egg type 1 cf. Heterakoidea Egg type 2 undetermined Nematoda Egg type 3 cf. Trichinellidae
P Am Ar P Am Ar P Am Ar
Dart River Valley
Anomalopteryx didiformis 3 0.67 876 370–1383 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinornis robustus 6 0.5 960 245–2203 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 0.55 1148* 347–1931* 0.09 7288* 0–7288* 0 0 0
17 0.53 0.06
Pachyornis elephantopus 5 0.2 2655 0–2655 0 0 0 0.2 490 0–490
3 0.67 1636* 1101–2170* 0.33 271* 0–271* 0 0 0
8 0.38 0.13 0.13
Megalapteryx didinus 15 0.2 363 226–570 0 0 0 0.13 280 262–298
4 0.25 307* 0–307* 0.5 303* 262–344* 0 0 0
19 0.21 0.11 0.11
Kawarau Gorge
Pachyornis elephantopus 1 1.0 4645* 1.0 3650* 0 0 0
Roxburgh Gorge
Pachyornis elephantopus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euphrates Cave
Megalapteryx didinus 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.17 653 241–965

P = prevalence (proportion of coprolites in which the egg type was present), Am = mean abundance where present, Ar = range of abundance where present. Am and Ar are shown as eggs g−1, except where a * symbol signifies the data are eggs mL−1.