Sterndale Road overhang (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.3° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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

Preservation: bone collector

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 215614: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Mystacinidae
Mystacina robusta
Mystacina robusta Dwyer 1962 New Zealand short-tailed bat
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix novaezelandiae
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830 New Zealand quail
Aves
 Dinornithiformes - Megalapterygidae
? Megalapteryx didinus
? Megalapteryx didinus Lydekker 1891 bird
 Psittaciformes - Strigopidae
Nestor notabilis
Nestor notabilis Gould 1856 kea
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Gallirallus australis
Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
? Tadorna variegata
? Tadorna variegata Gmelin 1789 Paradise shelduck
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica
Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica Gray 1845 subantarctic snipe