Also known as J41/f8210, J41/f8228
Where: North Otago, New Zealand (45.1° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° S, 171.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Hillgrove Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2003. Late-Pleistocene avifaunas from Cape Wanbrow, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(1):427-485 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87789: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.03.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
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Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka | |
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Cyanoramphus sp. Bonaparte 1854 parrot | |
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Nestor notabilis Gould 1856 kea
Nestor meridionalis Gmelin 1788 New Zealand kaka | |
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Corvus moriorum Forbes 1892 Chatham Islands raven | |
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Tadorna variegata Gmelin 1789 Paradise shelduck
? Cygnus sumnerensis Forbes 1889 swan
Mergus australis Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 Auckland Islands merganser
Anas chlorotis Gray 1845 brown teal
Chenonetta finschi Van Beneden 1875 Finsch's duck | |
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Eudyptula minor Forster 1781 little penguin | |
Pelecanoides urinatrix, Pterodroma inexpectata, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, Pachyptila turtur, Puffinus gavia
Pelecanoides urinatrix Gmelin 1789 common diving-petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata Forster 1844 mottled petrel
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
Pachyptila turtur Kuhl 1820 fairy prion | |
"Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus
"Stictocarbo punctatus" = Phalacrocorax punctatus Sparrman 1786 spotted shag | |
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Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823 kelp gull | |
| Reptilia | |
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Sphenodon sp. Gray 1831 lepidosaur | |