Hobsons Tomo (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 182840: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margot Nelson on 26.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Aves
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snipe
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Circus eylesi Scarlett 1953 Eyles's harrier
 Apterygiformes - Apterygidae
Apteryx sp. Huxley 1867 kiwi
 Ratitae -
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica prisca Hamilton 1893 New Zealand coot
Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka
 Psittaciformes - Strigopidae
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila Gray 1845 kakapo
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Chenonetta finschi Van Beneden 1875 Finsch's duck
Anas chlorotis Gray 1845 brown teal