Limestone Valley Road Rockshelter (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.4° S, 171.0° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: bone collector

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy. 1997. Quaternary fossil fauna of South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27(1):67-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215395: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.11.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus exulans
Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix novaezelandiae
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830 New Zealand quail
Aves
 Passeriformes - Petroicidae
Petroica australis
Petroica australis Sparrman 1788 New Zealand robin
 Passeriformes - Meliphagidae
Anthornis melanura, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
Anthornis melanura Sparrman 1786 New Zealand bellbird
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Gallirallus australis
Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand pigeon
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Cyanoramphus sp.
Cyanoramphus sp. Bonaparte 1854 parrot
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus gavia
Puffinus gavia Forster 1844 fluttering shearwater
or P. huttoni
 Dinornithiformes - Dinornithidae
Dinornithidae indet.
Dinornithidae indet. Bonaparte 1853 bird
Moa sp.
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica
Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica Gray 1845 subantarctic snipe