Motunau Beach: Piacenzian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Pseudodontornis stirtoni n. sp.
Howard and Warter 1969
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Pelagornis stirtoni | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 43.0° South, 173.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° South, 175.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Greta | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Waitotaran Stage |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176341 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-08 15:59:09 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-08 15:59:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57975. | H. Howard and S. L. Warter. 1969. A new specides of bony-toothed bird (Family Pseudodontornithidae) from the Tertiary of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 8(4):345-357 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |