Hawera (Pliocene of New Zealand)

Where: Hawera, New Zealand (39.6° S, 174.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 174.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; sandstone and siltstone

• shelf to shoreline, shallow marine, heavy wave activity

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. A. McKee. 1987. The occurrence of the Pliocene penguin Tereingaornis mosleyi (Sphenisciformes: Sphenicidae) at Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14:557-561 [J. Hunter/J. Rezza/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 28039: authorized by John Hunter, entered by John Hunter on 21.01.2003, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Megascyliorhinus cooperi
Megascyliorhinus cooperi Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp.
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Ikamauius ensifer
Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888 saw shark
 Chimaeriformes -
Chimaeriformes indet.
Chimaeriformes indet. Obruchev 1953 chimaera
sp. A, sp. B
 Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Callorhynchus milii, Callorhynchus sp.
Callorhynchus milii plownose chimaera
Callorhynchus sp. Cuvier 1829 plownose chimaera
Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
sp. A, B
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet.
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888 bird
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Tereingaornis moisleyi
Tereingaornis moisleyi Scarlett 1983 penguin
possibly 1 individual
 Neornithes -
Procellariiformes indet.
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus sp.
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760 shearwater
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet.
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
sp. A, B, C
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp.
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual
sp, A, B, C, D
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
long-snouted dolphin
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
aff. Mesoplodon sp.
aff. Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet., Delphinus sp., Delphinus aff. delphis, Pseudorca sp., Orcinus sp.
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
sp. A, B
Delphinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 common dolphin
or Stenella
Delphinus aff. delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin
Climo, F. M. unpublish MS
Pseudorca sp. Reinhardt 1862 false killer whale
Orcinus sp. Fitzinger 1860 killer whale