List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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cf. Muriwaimanu tuatahi
(Slack et al. 2006)
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Mayr et al. 2020 | |||||||||
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Phaethontiformes indet.
(Sharpe 1891)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CM 2010.108.4 | ||||||||||
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= Vegaviidae indet.
Agnolín et al. 2017
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Agnolín et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | South Island | County: | Canterbury |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° South, 172.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.5° South, 159.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Waipara Greensand | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: approximately 23 m above the conformable boundary between the Waipara Greensand and the underlying late Cretaceous Loburn Formation. Late Early Paleocene | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2014 |
| Collection method comments: CM, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 175680 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, P. Mannion, M. Uhen | Enterer: | R. Butler, P. Mannion, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2015-12-28 04:50:40 | Last modified: | 2023-05-04 12:37:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-28 04:50:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57490. | G. Mayr and R. P. Scofield. 2016. New avian remains from the Paleocene of New Zealand: the first early Cenozoic Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) from the Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1):e1031343:1-5 [R. Butler/R. Butler/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 63548 | F. L. Agnolín, F. B. Egli, S. Chatterjee, J. A. Garcia Marsà, and F. E. Novas. 2017. Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary. The Science of Nature 104(87):1-9 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 71744 | G. Mayr, V. L. de Pietri, L. Love, A. A. Mannering, J. J. Bevit and R. P. Scofield. 2020. First complete wing of a stem group sphenisciform from the Paleocene of New Zealand sheds light on the evolution of the penguin fipper. Diversity 12:1-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |