Q21/f0002, nearby (Pliocene of New Zealand)

Where: North Island, New Zealand (39.6° S, 174.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 174.7° E)

When: Tangahoe Formation, Waipipian (3.7 - 3.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. B. Thomas, A. J. D. Tennyson, R. P. Scofield, T. A. Heath, W. Pett and D. T. Ksepka. 2020. Ancient crested penguin constrains timing of recruitment into seabird hotspot. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287(20201497):1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219829: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Eudyptes atatu n. sp. Thomas et al. 2020 penguin
Eudyptula wilsonae n. sp. Thomas et al. 2023 penguin