Fred Cave Catchment, F1c cave, layer 4, Waitomo (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (38.4° S, 175.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° S, 175.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 43-53 cm below surface of sediment; layer 4 of Wright, 1984.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; unlithified, fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. Worthy, E.C. Giles in 1983

• Repository: New Zealand Arthropod Collection (one specimen at Waitomo Museum). Repository of mentioned bird specimens not given.

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy. 1984. Faunal and floral remains from F1, a cave near Waitomo. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 14:367-377 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175901: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Notornis sp." = Porphyrio1, Gallirallus sp.1
"Notornis sp." = Porphyrio1 Brisson 1760 rail
Gallirallus sp.1 Lafresnaye 1841 rail
 Psittaciformes - Strigopidae
Strigops sp.1
Strigops sp.1 Gray 1845 parrot
 Apterygiformes - Apterygidae
Apteryx sp.1
Apteryx sp.1 Huxley 1867 kiwi
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Plocamostethus planiusculus, Maoripamborus fairburni, Mecodema crenaticolle
Plocamostethus planiusculus White 1846 ground beetle
Maoripamborus fairburni Brookes 1944 ground beetle
Mecodema crenaticolle Redtenbacher 1868 ground beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Dermothrius ruficollis1, Microcryptorhynchus sp.1, Scelodolichus sp.1, Ectopsis simplex1, Ectopsis ferrugalis1, Crisius dorsalis1, Tychanopais sp.1, Anagotus sp., Catoptes binodis1, Tymbopiptus valeas n. gen. n. sp.1, Phrynixus sp.1, "Eugnominae indet." = Eugnomini1
Dermothrius ruficollis1 Broun 1893 snout beetle
Microcryptorhynchus sp.1 Lea 1908 snout beetle
Scelodolichus sp.1 Broun 1886 snout beetle
Ectopsis simplex1 Broun 1893 snout beetle
Ectopsis ferrugalis1 Broun 1881 snout beetle
Crisius dorsalis1 Broun 1904 snout beetle
Tychanopais sp.1 Broun 1893 snout beetle
Anagotus sp. Sharp 1882 snout beetle
Catoptes binodis1 White 1846 snout beetle
Tymbopiptus valeas n. gen. n. sp.1 Kuschel 1987 snout beetle
Phrynixus sp.1 Pascoe 1875 snout beetle
"Eugnominae indet." = Eugnomini1 Lacordaire 1863 snout beetle
 Coleoptera - Ulodidae
"Archaeophylax worthyi n. gen. n. sp." = Waitomophylax worthyi2
"Archaeophylax worthyi n. gen. n. sp." = Waitomophylax worthyi2 Leschen and Rhode 2002 beetle
1Kuschel 1987; 2Leschen and Rhode 2002