Site 13a, Mason Bay, Stewart Island (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (46.9° S, 167.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° S, 167.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: eolian; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy. 1998. Fossils indicate Pelecanoides georgicus had large colonies at Mason Bay, Stewart Island, New Zealand. Notornis 45:229-246 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195141: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Pelecanoides whenuahouensis Fischer et al. 2018 Whenua Hou diving-petrel