Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.9° S, 169.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° S, 179.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Bannockburn Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

• 9.5–9.58 m above base of Bannockburn Formation, Early Miocene, 19–16 Ma

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy, S. J. Hand, M. Archer, R. P. Scofield, and V. L. De Pietri. 2019. Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand. Biology Letters 15:20190467 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203463: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.08.2019

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