Where: New Zealand (44.2° S, 176.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° S, 176.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand (Te Papa) (NMNZ).
Primary reference: P. R. Millener. 1999. The history of the Chatham Islands' bird fauna of the last 7000 years - a chronicle of change and extinction. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:85-109 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 198222: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.12.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Fulica chathamensis Forbes 1892 Chatham coot |