Kairuru Cave (Pleistocene to of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (41.0° S, 172.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 172.9° E)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy and R. N. Holdaway. 1994. Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in Takaka Valley and on Takaka Hill, northwest Nelson, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24(3):297-391 [M. Uhen/M. Nelson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 182838: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margot Nelson on 26.11.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka | |
Sceloglaux albifacies Gray 1844 laughing owl | |
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila Gray 1845 kakapo | |
Dinornis struthoides Owen 1844 bird | |
Megalapteryx didinus Lydekker 1891 bird | |
Pachyornis elephantopus Owen 1856 heavy-footed moa
Euryapteryx geranoides Owen 1848 Mantell's moa
Anomalopteryx didiformis Owen 1844 bird | |
Apteryx sp. Huxley 1867 kiwi | |
Mammalia | |
Mystacina cf. robusta Dwyer 1962 New Zealand short-tailed bat |