Opawa (Holocene of New Zealand)
Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.3° S, 170.8° E)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; 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 215612: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Emeus crassus Owen 1846 eastern moa
Pachyornis elephantopus Owen 1856 heavy-footed moa
Euryapteryx geranoides Owen 1848 Mantell's moa | |
Dinornis sp. Owen 1843 bird | |
"Euryanas finschi" = Chenonetta finschi
"Euryanas finschi" = Chenonetta finschi Van Beneden 1875 Finsch's duck | |
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand pigeon | |
Fulica prisca Hamilton 1893 New Zealand coot | |
Angiospermae | |
Fabaceae indet. Lindley 1836 legume | |
Malvaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mallow | |
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy |