Also known as Lake Grassmere, Marlborough
Where: New Zealand (41.7° S, 174.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 174.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Collected from the eroding dune surface. Dated between 600 and 1500 years BP.
Environment/lithology: dune; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Collected by Elliot Dawson in 1948, 1951
• Repository: Canterbury Museum
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 194619: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Limosa lapponica Linnaeus 1758 bar-tailed godwit | |
Himantopus novaezelandiae Gould 1841 black stilt | |
"Catharacta antarctica" = Stercorarius antarcticus
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Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 wrybill
Charadrius obscurus Gmelin 1789 red-breasted dotterel | |
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823 kelp gull
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789 white-fronted tern
"Sterna albostriata" = Chlidonias albostriatus Gray 1845 black-fronted tern | |
Haematopus unicolor Forster 1841 variable oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian oystercatcher | |
Falco novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 New Zealand falcon | |
Phalacrocorax spp., Phalacrocorax varius, Phalacrocorax carbo, "Leucocarbo carunculatus" = Phalacrocorax carunculatus, "Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus, "Phalacrocorax melanoleucos" = Microcarbo melanoleucos
Phalacrocorax varius Gmelin 1789 pied cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo Linnaeus 1758 great cormorant
"Leucocarbo carunculatus" = Phalacrocorax carunculatus Gmelin 1789 Rough-faced shag
"Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus Sparrman 1786 spotted shag
"Phalacrocorax melanoleucos" = Microcarbo melanoleucos Vieillot 1817 little pied cormorant | |
Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck 1824 Australian pelican | |
Pelagodroma marina Latham 1790 white-faced storm-petrel | |
Pachyptila turtur, "Puffinus carneipes" = Ardenna carneipes, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, Pelecanoides urinatrix, Puffinus spp., Puffinus assimilis, Macronectes spp.
Pachyptila turtur Kuhl 1820 fairy prion
"Puffinus carneipes" = Ardenna carneipes Gould 1844 flesh-footed shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
Pelecanoides urinatrix Gmelin 1789 common diving-petrel
Puffinus assimilis Gould 1838 little shearwater | |
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Gray 1845 Fiordland penguin
Eudyptula minor Forster 1781 little penguin | |
Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka
Fulica prisca Hamilton 1893 New Zealand coot
Gallinula hodgenorum Scarlett 1955 Hodgen's rail | |
Sceloglaux albifacies Gray 1844 laughing owl
Ninox novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 southern boobook | |
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand pigeon | |
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila, Nestor meridionalis
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila Gray 1845 kakapo
Nestor meridionalis Gmelin 1788 New Zealand kaka | |
Cyanoramphus spp. Bonaparte 1854 parrot | |
Poliocephalus rufopectus Gray 1843 New Zealand grebe
Podiceps cristatus Linnaeus 1758 great crested grebe | |
Mergus australis, Aythya novaeseelandiae, Anas chlorotis, Anas superciliosa, Biziura delautouri, "? Anas rhynchotis" = Spatula rhynchotis, Tadorna variegata, Cygnus sumnerensis2
Mergus australis Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 Auckland Islands merganser
Aythya novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand scaup
Anas chlorotis Gray 1845 brown teal
Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789 Pacific black duck
Biziura delautouri Forbes 1891 New Zealand musk duck
"? Anas rhynchotis" = Spatula rhynchotis Latham 1801 Australian shoveler
Tadorna variegata Gmelin 1789 Paradise shelduck | |
Turnagra capensis Sparrman 1787 South Island piopio | |
"Callaeas cinerea" = Callaeas cinereus
"Callaeas cinerea" = Callaeas cinereus Gmelin 1789 South Island kokako | |
Corvus moriorum Forbes 1892 Chatham Islands raven | |
Anthus novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 Australasian pipit | |
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 tui | |
? Pachyornis elephantopus Owen 1856 heavy-footed moa | |
Apteryx australis Shaw 1813 Southern brown kiwi | |
Harpagornis moorei Haast 1872 Haast's eagle
Circus approximans Peale 1848 Swamp harrier
Circus eylesi Scarlett 1953 Eyles's harrier | |
Reptilia | |
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830 New Zealand quail |