Marfells Beach, midden deposits (Holocene of New Zealand)
Also known as Lake Grassmere, Marlborough
Where: New Zealand (41.7° S, 174.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• between 600 and 1500 years BP
Environment/lithology: dune; siliciclastic sediments
• Dunes in a beach setting
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy. 1998. A remarkable fossil and archaeological avifauna from Marfells Beach, Lake Grassmere, South Island, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 12:79-176 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194618: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830 New Zealand quail | |
Aves | |
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789 white-fronted tern
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823 kelp gull | |
Haematopus unicolor Forster 1841 variable oystercatcher | |
Circus eylesi Scarlett 1953 Eyles's harrier
Harpagornis moorei Haast 1872 Haast's eagle | |
Corvus moriorum Forbes 1892 Chatham Islands raven | |
Anthus novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 Australasian pipit | |
Philesturnus carunculatus Gmelin 1789 South Island saddleback | |
Turnagra capensis Sparrman 1787 South Island piopio | |
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 tui | |
Tadorna variegata, Aythya novaeseelandiae, Mergus australis, Anas chlorotis, Anas superciliosa, Anas gracilis, Malacorhynchus scarletti, Cygnus sumnerensis2, Biziura delautouri
Tadorna variegata Gmelin 1789 Paradise shelduck
Aythya novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand scaup
Mergus australis Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 Auckland Islands merganser
Anas chlorotis Gray 1845 brown teal
Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789 Pacific black duck
Anas gracilis Buller 1869 gray teal
Malacorhynchus scarletti Olson 1977 Scarlett's duck
Biziura delautouri Forbes 1891 New Zealand musk duck | |
Nestor meridionalis, "Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila
Nestor meridionalis Gmelin 1788 New Zealand kaka
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila Gray 1845 kakapo | |
Cyanoramphus spp. Bonaparte 1854 parrot | |
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand pigeon | |
Fulica prisca Hamilton 1893 New Zealand coot
Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka
Porphyrio porphyrio Linnaeus 1758 western swamphen
Porphyrio hochstetteri Meyer 1883 South Island takahe | |
Emeidae indet. bird
Emeus crassus Owen 1846 eastern moa
Euryapteryx geranoides Owen 1848 Mantell's moa | |
Apteryx "sp. juv." Huxley 1867 kiwi
Apteryx australis Shaw 1813 Southern brown kiwi | |
Phalacrocoracidae indet., "Phalacrocorax melanoleucos" = Microcarbo melanoleucos, Phalacrocorax spp., "Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus, Phalacrocorax varius, "Leucocarbo carunculatus" = Phalacrocorax carunculatus
"Phalacrocorax melanoleucos" = Microcarbo melanoleucos Vieillot 1817 little pied cormorant
"Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus Sparrman 1786 spotted shag
Phalacrocorax varius Gmelin 1789 pied cormorant
"Leucocarbo carunculatus" = Phalacrocorax carunculatus Gmelin 1789 Rough-faced shag | |
"? Egretta alba" = Ardea alba
"? Egretta alba" = Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758 great egret | |
Eudyptula minor Forster 1781 little penguin
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Gray 1845 Fiordland penguin | |
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
Pterodroma cookii Gray 1843 Cook's petrel |