Te Reinga Falls (Pliocene of New Zealand)
Where: North Island, New Zealand (38.8° S, 177.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 178.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Waipipian (3.6 - 3.0 Ma)
• mid-Pliocene
Environment/lithology: coastal; calcareous sandstone
Primary reference: R. J. Scarlett. 1983. Tereingaornis moisleyi -- a new Pliocene penguin. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 26:419-428 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74658: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal | |
Aves | |
"Pseudodontornithidae indet." = Pelagornithidae
"Pseudodontornithidae indet." = Pelagornithidae Fürbringer 1888 bird | |
Tereingaornis moisleyi n. gen. n. sp.
Tereingaornis moisleyi n. gen. n. sp. Scarlett 1983 penguin |