PBDB Collection

HH1b Home Hills Station (H41/f90) (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Manuherika River Site, Trench and Riverside sites

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.9° S, 169.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° S, 179.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• New Zealand Fossil Record File Number H41/f88

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; sandstone

• littoral zone sediments of Miocene Lake Manuherikia, which extended > 5,600 square km

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,

• MNZ/NMNZ, Museum of NewZealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, R. B. Scofield and S. J. Hand. 2013. Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 43(4):211-230 [P. Mannion/C. VanBuren]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153884: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Collin VanBuren on 17.01.2014, edited by Richard Butler and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
Salientia - Leiopelmatidae	Leiopelma indet., Leiopelma miocaenale n. sp. Leiopelma indet. Fitzinger 1861 frog NMNZ S.52130 (a fragment of a distal femur), NMNZ S.53124 (a distal half radioulna), NMNZ S.50829 (slightly less than the distal half of a right tibiofibula), NMNZ S.53106 (a proximal tibiale of a tibiale-fibulare), NMNZ S.52756 (a fragment of a proximal femur) Leiopelma miocaenale n. sp. Worthy et al. 2013 frog NMNZ S.52919, a partial right ilium
Aves
Gruiformes -	Aptornis proasciarostratus⁹ Aptornis proasciarostratus⁹ Worthy et al. 2011 bird NMNZ S.50961, NMNZ S.50191, OU22647
Psittaciformes - Strigopidae	Nelepsittacus donmertoni n. sp.¹⁰, Nelepsittacus daphneleeae n. sp.¹⁰, Nelepsittacus minimus¹⁰ Nelepsittacus donmertoni n. sp.¹⁰ Worthy et al. 2011 parrot NMNZ S.52016, tarsometatarsus (holotype). NMNZ S.52049, tarsometatarsus (paratype). Referred specimens: NMNZ S.50190, NMNZ S.50864, NMNZ S.51905, NMNZ S.51136, NMNZ S.51317, NMNZ S.51695, NMNZ S.51915, NMNZ S.51936, NMNZ S.51878, NMNZ S.51291, NMNZ S.51803, NMNZ S.51900, NMNZ S.51625, NMNZ S.51972, NMNZ S.51160, NMNZ S.51624, CM Av40879. Nelepsittacus daphneleeae n. sp.¹⁰ Worthy et al. 2011 parrot NMNZ S.50826, distal humerus (holotype). NMNZ S.52026 Nelepsittacus minimus¹⁰ Worthy et al. 2011 parrot NMNZ S.50171, NMNZ S.51690, NMNZ S.51801
Anseriformes - Anatidae	Manuherikia lacustrina⁷, Manuherikia douglasi¹¹ Manuherikia lacustrina⁷ Worthy et al. 2007 stiff-tailed duck MNZ S40961, distal left humerus Manuherikia douglasi¹¹ Worthy et al. 2008 stiff-tailed duck NMNZ S.50019
Ratitae -	Dinornithiformes indet.⁶ Dinornithiformes indet.⁶ bird 81 eggshell fragments. NMNZ S.40968.1, long bone shaft. NMNZ S.51323, skull fragment
Apterygiformes - Apterygidae	Proapteryx micromeros¹² Proapteryx micromeros¹² Worthy et al. 2013 kiwi NMNZ S.53209
Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae	Matuku otagoense⁴ Matuku otagoense⁴ Scofield et al. 2010 heron NMNZ S.51264, NMNZ S.51174
Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae	Palaelodus aotearoa n. sp.⁸ Palaelodus aotearoa n. sp.⁸ Worthy et al. 2010 swimming flamingo NMNZ S.51799, a distal right tibiotarsus (holotype).
Charadriiformes -	Hakawai melvillei¹ Hakawai melvillei¹ De Pietri et al. 2015 shorebird NMNZ S.52801, NMNZ S.52755, NMNZ S.52771, NMNZ S.53080, NMNZ S.52773, MNZ S.52846
Reptilia
Squamata - Scincidae	Scincidae indet.³ Scincidae indet.³ Gray 1825 skink NMNZ S50819, dorsal vertebra; S51260, frontal; S51262, 3 dorsal vertebrae
Squamata -	Gekkota indet.³ Gekkota indet.³ squamates NMNZ S44338, right compound bone mandible
Testudinata - Meiolaniidae	? Meiolaniidae indet.⁵ ? Meiolaniidae indet.⁵ Lydekker 1887 turtle NMNZ S.51026, S.50858. "terrestrial turtle"
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Mystacinidae	Mystacinidae "unnamed species 1"², Mystacinidae "unnamed species 2"² Mystacinidae "unnamed species 1"² Dobson 1875 New Zealand short-tailed bat NMNZ S.52401, S.52920 Mystacinidae "unnamed species 2"² Dobson 1875 New Zealand short-tailed bat NMNZ S.52402

¹De Pietri et al. 2015; ²Hand et al. 2013; ³Lee et al. 2009; ⁴Scofield et al. 2010; ⁵Sterli 2015; ⁶Tennyson et al. 2010; ⁷Worthy et al. 2007; ⁸Worthy et al. 2010; ⁹Worthy et al. 2011; ¹⁰Worthy et al. 2011; ¹¹Worthy et al. 2008; ¹²Worthy et al. 2013