Motunau (Pleistocene of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (43.0° S, 173.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° S, 174.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Greta Siltstone Formation, Nukumaruan (2.4 - 1.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. J. Marples. 1960. A fossil penguin from the late Tertiary of North Canterbury. Records of the Canterbury Museum 7(3):185-195 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74757: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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"Palaeospheniscus novaezealandiae n. sp." = Marplesornis novaezealandiae1, Aptenodytes ridgeni3, Pygoscelis tyreei1
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