Sites 1-17, Mason Bay, Stewart Island (Holocene of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (46.9° S, 167.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° S, 167.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: eolian; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy. 1998. Fossils indicate Pelecanoides georgicus had large colonies at Mason Bay, Stewart Island, New Zealand. Notornis 45:229-246 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 195150: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
"Catharacta antarctica" = Stercorarius antarcticus
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Haematopus unicolor Forster 1841 variable oystercatcher | |
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823 kelp gull | |
"Leucocarbo carunculatus" = Phalacrocorax carunculatus, "Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus
"Leucocarbo carunculatus" = Phalacrocorax carunculatus Gmelin 1789 Rough-faced shag
"Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus Sparrman 1786 spotted shag | |
Eudyptula minor Forster 1781 little penguin | |
Pelagodroma marina Latham 1790 white-faced storm-petrel | |
Pterodroma cookii, Pterodroma inexpectata, Puffinus sp., Pelecanoides urinatrix, "Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, Pachyptila turtur, Pachyptila vittata
Pterodroma cookii Gray 1843 Cook's petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata Forster 1844 mottled petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix Gmelin 1789 common diving-petrel
"Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris Temminck 1823 short-tailed shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
Pachyptila turtur Kuhl 1820 fairy prion
Pachyptila vittata Forster 1777 broad-billed prion | |
Apteryx australis Shaw 1813 Southern brown kiwi | |
Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka | |
Philesturnus carunculatus Gmelin 1789 South Island saddleback | |
Anthus novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 Australasian pipit | |
Mammalia | |
Rattus rattus Linnaeus 1758 black rat
Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat |