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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Dinornithiformes - Emeidae
Emeus crassus Owen 1846 eastern moa
Pachyornis elephantopus Owen 1856 heavy-footed moa
Euryapteryx geranoides Owen 1848 Mantell's moa
 Dinornithiformes - Dinornithidae
Dinornis sp. Owen 1843 bird
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Euryanas finschi" = Chenonetta finschi
"Euryanas finschi" = Chenonetta finschi Van Beneden 1875 Finsch's duck
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 New Zealand pigeon
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica prisca Hamilton 1893 New Zealand coot
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Fabaceae indet. Lindley 1836 legume
 Malvales - Malvaceae
Malvaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mallow
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy