Rockdale Station (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.3° S, 171.0° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy. 1997. Quaternary fossil fauna of South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27(1):67-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215391: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.11.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix novaezelandiae
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830 New Zealand quail
Aves
 Dinornithiformes - Emeidae
Emeus crassus
Emeus crassus Owen 1846 eastern moa
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Cyanoramphus sp.
Cyanoramphus sp. Bonaparte 1854 parrot
 Passeriformes - Meliphagidae
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
 Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Anthus novaeseelandiae
Anthus novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 Australasian pipit
 Passeriformes - Rhipiduridae
Rhipidura fuliginosa
Rhipidura fuliginosa Sparrman 1787 New Zealand fantail
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica
Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica Gray 1845 subantarctic snipe
Reptilia
 Squamata - Scincidae
Oligosoma sp.
Oligosoma sp. Girard skink
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus exulans
Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat