Hawkes Cave: Late Pleistocene - Holocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Accipitridae
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Accipitridae indet.
Viellot 1816
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Scolopacidae
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Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica
(Gray 1845)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Dinornithiformes indet.
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Worthy and Holdaway 1994 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Dinornithidae
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Dinornis struthoides
Owen 1844
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Worthy and Holdaway 1994 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Emeidae
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Euryapteryx sp.
Haast 1874
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Worthy and Holdaway 1994 | ||||||
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Anomalopteryx didiformis
(Owen 1844)
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Worthy and Holdaway 1994 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Aegothelidae
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Aegotheles novaezealandiae
(Scarlett 1968)
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Psittaculidae
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Cyanoramphus sp.
Bonaparte 1854
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3 individuals | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Callaeidae
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Philesturnus carcunculatus
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3 individuals | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Acanthisittidae
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Acanthisitta chloris
(Sparrman 1787)
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Xenicus sp.
Gray
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3 individuals | ||||||
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Pachyplichas yaldwyni
Millener 1988
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Mohouidae
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Mohoua ochrocephala
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 individual | ||||||
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unclassified
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Althornis melanura
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1 individual | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Corvidae
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Corvus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Worthy and Holdaway 1994 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Petroicidae
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Petroica australis
(Sparrman 1788)
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4 individuals | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Oriolidae
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Turnagra capensis
(Sparrman 1787)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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Hoplodactylus cf. granulatus
(Gray 1845)
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26 individuals | ||||||
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Hoplodactylus cf. maculatus
(Gray 1845)
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6 individuals | ||||||
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unclassified
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Leiolopisma sp.
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1 individual | ||||||
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Leioplema hamiltoni
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Rattus exulans
(Peale 1848)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Mystacinidae
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Mystacina tuberculata
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6 individuals | ||||||
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Mystacina cf. robusta
Dwyer 1962
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5 individuals | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 41.0° South, 172.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° South, 172.9° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene - Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | metamorphosed "limestone" |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182103 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Nelson |
| Modifier: | M. Nelson | ||
| Created: | 2016-10-10 20:41:10 | Last modified: | 2016-10-10 21:09:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-10-10 20:41:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60538. | T. H. Worthy and R. N. Holdaway. 1996. Taphonomy of two holocene microvertebrate deposits, Takaka Hill, Nelson, New Zealand, and identification of the avian predator responsible. Historical Biology 12(1):1-24 [M. Uhen/M. Nelson] |
Secondary references:
| 60969 | T. H. Worthy and R. N. Holdaway. 1994. Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in Takaka Valley and on Takaka Hill, northwest Nelson, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24(3):297-391 [M. Uhen/M. Nelson] |