Motunau Beach (Pliocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (43.0° S, 173.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 175.4° E)

When: Greta Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Waitotaran Stage

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Howard and S. L. Warter. 1969. A new specides of bony-toothed bird (Family Pseudodontornithidae) from the Tertiary of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 8(4):345-357 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176341: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
"Pseudodontornis stirtoni n. sp." = Pelagornis stirtoni
"Pseudodontornis stirtoni n. sp." = Pelagornis stirtoni Howard and Warter 1969 bird