Gordons Valley 7 (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.5° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° S, 171.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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 215416: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830 New Zealand quail
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica Gray 1845 subantarctic snipe
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus gavia Forster 1844 fluttering shearwater
or P. huttoni
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand pigeon
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Cyanoramphus sp. Bonaparte 1854 parrot
 Passeriformes - Acanthisittidae
Xenicus sp. Gray New Zealand wren
 Passeriformes - Oriolidae
Turnagra capensis Sparrman 1787 South Island piopio
 Passeriformes - Mohouidae
Mohoua ochrocephala Gmelin 1789 yellowhead
 Passeriformes - Callaeidae
"Callaeas cinerea" = Callaeas cinereus
"Callaeas cinerea" = Callaeas cinereus Gmelin 1789 South Island kokako
 Passeriformes - Meliphagidae
Anthornis melanura Sparrman 1786 New Zealand bellbird
 Passeriformes - Petroicidae
Petroica australis Sparrman 1788 New Zealand robin
Reptilia
 Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae
Sphenodon sp. Gray 1831 lepidosaur
 Squamata - Scincidae
Oligosoma cf. lineoocellatum Duméril and Duméril 1851 skink
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat
 Chiroptera - Mystacinidae
Mystacina robusta Dwyer 1962 New Zealand short-tailed bat