Pleasant River Mouth (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (45.6° S, 170.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: dune; muddy lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. F. G. Higham and F. J. Petchey. 2000. On the reliability of archaeological rat bone for hydrocarbon dating in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30(4):399-409 [M. Uhen/L. Craig]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 181847: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Leanna Craig on 05.10.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat
Actinopteri
 Scombriformes - Gempylidae