Oamaru (Eocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Fortification Hill

Where: New Zealand (45.2° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.3° S, 170.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ototara Limestone Formation, Runangan (36.0 - 34.3 Ma)

• formation is unknown and age is uncertain, stated to be Ototaran, Miocene by Oliver (1930); Ksepka et al (2012) state the collection is Runangan and from the Otorara Limestone-Waiareka Volcanics

Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. R. B. Oliver. 1930. New Zealand Birds [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74589: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Sphenisciformes -
Pachydyptes ponderosus n. gen. n. sp.
Pachydyptes ponderosus n. gen. n. sp. Oliver 1930 penguin