Where: New Zealand (43.9° S, 176.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° S, 176.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P.R. Millener in 1992
• Repository: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand (Te Papa) (NMNZ).
Primary reference: P. R. Millener. 1999. The history of the Chatham Islands' bird fauna of the last 7000 years - a chronicle of change and extinction. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:85-109 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 198088: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.12.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Coenocorypha chathamica Forbes 1893 Forbes's snipe | |
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823 kelp gull | |
Falco novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 New Zealand falcon | |
Eudyptula minor Forster 1781 little penguin | |
Pelagodroma marina Latham 1790 white-faced storm-petrel | |
Pachyptila turtur, Pachyptila crassirostris, Pelecanoides urinatrix, Pterodroma magentae, Pterodroma nigripennis, Pterodroma axillaris, Pterodroma imberi1
Pachyptila turtur Kuhl 1820 fairy prion
Pachyptila crassirostris Mathews 1912 fulmar prion
Pelecanoides urinatrix Gmelin 1789 common diving-petrel
Pterodroma magentae Giglioli and Salvadori 1869 magenta petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis Rothschild 1893 black-winged petrel
Pterodroma axillaris Salvin 1893 Chatham petrel | |
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
"Pachyanas chathamica" = Anas chathamica Oliver 1955 Chatham duck
Tadorna sp. Boie 1822 shelduck | |
Gerygone albofrontata Gray 1845 Chatham Island gerygone | |
Petroica traversi Buller 1872 Chatham robin | |
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 tui
Anthornis melanura Sparrman 1786 New Zealand bellbird | |
Rhipidura fuliginosa Sparrman 1787 New Zealand fantail | |
"Bowdleria rufescens" = Megalurus rufescens
"Bowdleria rufescens" = Megalurus rufescens Buller 1869 Chatham Islands fernbird | |
Anthus novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 Australasian pipit | |
Gallirallus dieffenbachii Gray 1843 Dieffenbach's rail
Gallirallus modestus Hutton 1872 Chatham Islands rail
Fulica chathamensis Forbes 1892 Chatham coot
Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi Forbes 1892 great Chatham Island rail | |
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Cyanoramphus auriceps Kuhl 1820 yellow-crowned parakeet
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Sparrman 1787 red-fronted parakeet | |
Hemiphaga chathamensis Rothschild 1891 Chatham Island pigeon |