PBDB Collection

Croc Site L1, Mata Creek, H41/f84 (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.9° S, 169.8° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° S, 179.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Casuarinaceae pollen zone, Bannockburn Formation (Manuherikia Group), Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; medium-grained, coarse, silty sandstone and siltstone

• from Miocene Lake Manuherikia, which extended > 5,600 square km

• "5–10 cm thick bed of silty medium–coarse pale sand, with silt rip-up clasts laid down on a similar thickness of clean pale sands."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,

• MNZ, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, C. Jones, J. A. McNamara, and B. J. Douglas. 2007. Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5(1):1-39 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 126289: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.04.2012, edited by Richard Butler and Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Chiroptera - Mystacinidae	Vulcanops jennyworthyae² Vulcanops jennyworthyae² Hand et al. 2018 New Zealand short-tailed bat CM 2013.18.1, left M1
Reptilia
Squamata -	Lacertilia indet.³ Lacertilia indet.³ lizard NMNZ S42432, part vertebra; S42926, pelvis
Aves
Accipitriformes - Accipitridae	Accipitridae indet. Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk MNZ S42811
Charadriiformes -	Charadriiformes "unnamed species 2", Charadriiformes "unnamed species 1", Hakawai melvillei¹ Charadriiformes "unnamed species 2" Huxley 1867 shorebird MNZ S42413, S42434, S42414, S42475 Charadriiformes "unnamed species 1" Huxley 1867 shorebird MNZ S42416, S42415, S42435 Hakawai melvillei¹ De Pietri et al. 2015 shorebird NMNZ S.42416
Charadriiformes - Laridae	? Laridae indet. ? Laridae indet. Vigors 1825 gull MNZ S41058
Procellariiformes - Procellariidae	Pelecanoides miokuaka n. sp. Pelecanoides miokuaka n. sp. Worthy et al. 2007 diving-petrel MNZ S42431, distal right humerus
Anseriformes - Anatidae	Miotadorna sanctibathansi, Matanas enrighti n. gen. n. sp., Manuherikia douglasi n. sp.⁷, Manuherikia minuta, Manuherikia lacustrina Miotadorna sanctibathansi Worthy et al. 2007 waterfowl MNZ S42272, S42273, S42274, S42275 (paratypes). Referred specimens: MNZ S42234, S42810, S42271, S42217, S42235, S42808 Matanas enrighti n. gen. n. sp. Worthy et al. 2007 dabbling duck MNZ S42281, left humerus (holotype). Manuherikia douglasi n. sp.⁷ Worthy et al. 2008 stiff-tailed duck NMNZ S.42878 (holotype). NMNZ S.42953 Manuherikia minuta Worthy et al. 2007 stiff-tailed duck MNZ S41067 (paratype). MNZ S42809 (paratype). MNZ S42276 (paratype). Referred specimens: MNZ S42345, S42280, S42278, S42279, S42277 Manuherikia lacustrina Worthy et al. 2007 stiff-tailed duck MNZ S42222, dL hum; S42223, dR hum; S42237, pR hum; S42238, pR hum; S42239, dR hum; S42240, pR hum; S42243, dL hum; S42367, pR hum; S42368, dL hum; S42393, pLpR hum; S42394, pL hum; S42417, pL hum; S42418, pL hum; S42508, pL hum; S42509, pR hum; S42510, dL hum; S42529, dR hum. MNZ S40454, R cor; S40455, L cor; S42311, L cor; S42309, L cor; S42310, L cor (Fig. 6D); S40095, pR cor; S40087, L cor; S41056, pR tib with most of shaft; S42722, L tib; S42241, R fem; S42242, L fem; S42798, L tmt; S42565, L tmt.
Passeriformes -	Passeriformes "unnamed species 1", Passeriformes "unnamed species 2" Passeriformes "unnamed species 1" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird MNZ S42250, S42433, S42535, Passeriformes "unnamed species 2" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird MNZ S42815
Passeriformes - Cracticidae	Cracticidae indet. Cracticidae indet. Chenu and des Murs 1855 perching bird MNZ S41061
Neornithes -	Psittaciformes "unnamed species"⁶ Psittaciformes "unnamed species"⁶ Wagler 1830 parrot NMNZ S.42246, unnamed species "similar in size to the kea Nestor notabilis"
Psittaciformes - Strigopidae	Nelepsittacus donmertoni⁶ Nelepsittacus donmertoni⁶ Worthy et al. 2011 parrot
Gruiformes - Rallidae	Rallidae "unnamed species 1" Rallidae "unnamed species 1" Vigors 1825 rail
Ratitae -	Dinornithiformes indet.⁵ Dinornithiformes indet.⁵ bird
Reptilia
Crocodylia -	Crocodylia indet.⁴ Crocodylia indet.⁴ Owen 1842 crocodilian OU22228, partial angular

¹De Pietri et al. 2015; ²Hand et al. 2018; ³Lee et al. 2009; ⁴Molnar and Pole 1997; ⁵Tennyson et al. 2010; ⁶Worthy et al. 2011; ⁷Worthy et al. 2008