Marfells Beach, Dawson collection (Holocene of New Zealand)
Also known as Lake Grassmere, Marlborough
Where: New Zealand (41.7° S, 174.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 174.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Collected from the eroding dune surface. Dated between 600 and 1500 years BP.
Environment/lithology: dune; siliciclastic sediments
• Dunes in a beach setting
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Collected by Elliot Dawson in 1948, 1951
• Repository: Canterbury Museum
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy. 1998. A remarkable fossil and archaeological avifauna from Marfells Beach, Lake Grassmere, South Island, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 12:79-176 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194619: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Circus approximans Peale 1848 Swamp harrier
Circus eylesi Scarlett 1953 Eyles's harrier
Harpagornis moorei Haast 1872 Haast's eagle | |
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Podiceps cristatus Linnaeus 1758 great crested grebe
Poliocephalus rufopectus Gray 1843 New Zealand grebe | |
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Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand pigeon | |
Nestor meridionalis, "Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila
Nestor meridionalis Gmelin 1788 New Zealand kaka
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila Gray 1845 kakapo | |
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Cyanoramphus spp. Bonaparte 1854 parrot | |
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Sceloglaux albifacies Gray 1844 laughing owl
Ninox novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 southern boobook | |
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Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka
Gallinula hodgenorum Scarlett 1955 Hodgen's rail
Fulica prisca Hamilton 1893 New Zealand coot | |
Biziura delautouri, Tadorna variegata, Anas superciliosa, Anas chlorotis, Aythya novaeseelandiae, Mergus australis, Cygnus sumnerensis2, "? Anas rhynchotis" = Spatula rhynchotis
Biziura delautouri Forbes 1891 New Zealand musk duck
Tadorna variegata Gmelin 1789 Paradise shelduck
Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789 Pacific black duck
Anas chlorotis Gray 1845 brown teal
Aythya novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand scaup
Mergus australis Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 Auckland Islands merganser
"? Anas rhynchotis" = Spatula rhynchotis Latham 1801 Australian shoveler | |
"Callaeas cinerea" = Callaeas cinereus
"Callaeas cinerea" = Callaeas cinereus Gmelin 1789 South Island kokako | |
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Turnagra capensis Sparrman 1787 South Island piopio | |
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Corvus moriorum Forbes 1892 Chatham Islands raven | |
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Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 tui | |
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Anthus novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 Australasian pipit | |
Phalacrocorax spp., Phalacrocorax carbo, Phalacrocorax varius, "Leucocarbo carunculatus" = Phalacrocorax carunculatus, "Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus, "Phalacrocorax melanoleucos" = Microcarbo melanoleucos
Phalacrocorax carbo Linnaeus 1758 great cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius Gmelin 1789 pied cormorant
"Leucocarbo carunculatus" = Phalacrocorax carunculatus Gmelin 1789 Rough-faced shag
"Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus Sparrman 1786 spotted shag
"Phalacrocorax melanoleucos" = Microcarbo melanoleucos Vieillot 1817 little pied cormorant | |
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Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck 1824 Australian pelican | |
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Eudyptula minor Forster 1781 little penguin
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Gray 1845 Fiordland penguin | |
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Pelagodroma marina Latham 1790 white-faced storm-petrel | |
Pelecanoides urinatrix, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, "Puffinus carneipes" = Ardenna carneipes, Macronectes spp., Puffinus spp., Puffinus assimilis, Pachyptila turtur
Pelecanoides urinatrix Gmelin 1789 common diving-petrel
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
"Puffinus carneipes" = Ardenna carneipes Gould 1844 flesh-footed shearwater
Puffinus assimilis Gould 1838 little shearwater
Pachyptila turtur Kuhl 1820 fairy prion | |
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Apteryx australis Shaw 1813 Southern brown kiwi | |
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? Pachyornis elephantopus Owen 1856 heavy-footed moa | |
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Falco novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 New Zealand falcon | |
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Limosa lapponica Linnaeus 1758 bar-tailed godwit | |
"Catharacta antarctica" = Stercorarius antarcticus
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Haematopus unicolor Forster 1841 variable oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian oystercatcher | |
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"Sterna albostriata" = Chlidonias albostriatus Gray 1845 black-fronted tern
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823 kelp gull
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789 white-fronted tern | |
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Charadrius obscurus Gmelin 1789 red-breasted dotterel
Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 wrybill | |
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Himantopus novaezelandiae Gould 1841 black stilt | |
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Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830 New Zealand quail | |