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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"Pseudodontornis stirtoni n. sp." = Pelagornis stirtoni
"Pseudodontornis stirtoni n. sp." = Pelagornis stirtoni Howard and Warter 1969 bird |