Gore Bay, Oligocene (Paleogene to of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.9° S, 173.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° S, 170.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Landon Group, Whaingaroan to Whaingaroan (34.6 - 27.3 Ma)

• Landon "Series"

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1971. A review of the pre-Pliocene penguins of New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144(5):319-378 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74596: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 penguin