Cormacks (Eocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Taylor's Quarry; GS 9539

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.3° S, 170.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Oamaru Diatomite Formation, Runangan (36.0 - 34.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; diatomite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7(4):179-293 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88071: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Sphenisciformes -
Pachydyptes ponderosus1 Oliver 1930 penguin
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Serripecten sp.3 Marwick 1928 scallop
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimya westonensis n. sp.2 Maxwell 1978 scallop