Marfells Beach, Dawson collection: Holocene, New Zealand
collected by Elliot Dawson 1948, 1951
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Recurvirostridae
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Himantopus novaezelandiae
Gould 1841
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Limosa lapponica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Haematopodidae
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Haematopus unicolor
Forster 1841
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Haematopus ostralegus
Linnaeus 1758
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Charadriidae
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Charadrius obscurus
Gmelin 1789
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Anarhynchus frontalis
Quoy and Gaimard 1830
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Sterna albostriata
(Gray 1845)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Chlidonias albostriatus | ||||||||||
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Sterna striata
Gmelin 1789
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Larus spp.
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| Larus scopulina/bulleri | ||||||||||
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Larus dominicanus
Lichtenstein 1823
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48 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Stercorariidae
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Catharacta antarctica
(Lesson 1831)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Stercorarius antarcticus | ||||||||||
| As Catharacta skua | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Coturnix novaezelandiae
Quoy and Gaimard 1830
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Falco novaeseelandiae
Gmelin 1788
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Megadyptes antipodes
(Hombron and Jacquinot 1841)
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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= Megadyptes waitaha
Boessenkool et al. 2009
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Boessenkool et al. 2009 | |||||||||
| recombined as Megadyptes antipodes waitaha | ||||||||||
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Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Gray 1845
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31 specimens | |||||||||
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Eudyptula minor
(Forster 1781)
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273 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Pelagodroma marina
(Latham 1790)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus spp.
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145 specimens | |||||||||
| Puffinus gavia/huttoni | ||||||||||
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Puffinus assimilis
Gould 1838
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Pachyptila turtur
(Kuhl 1820)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Puffinus griseus
(Gmelin 1789)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ardenna grisea | ||||||||||
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Puffinus carneipes
Gould 1844
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Ardenna carneipes | ||||||||||
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Pelecanoides urinatrix
(Gmelin 1789)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Macronectes spp.
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22 specimens | |||||||||
| Macronectes halli/giganteus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Pelecanidae
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Pelecanus conspicillatus
Temminck 1824
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax spp.
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38 specimens | |||||||||
| Phalacrocorax carbo/varius | ||||||||||
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Leucocarbo carunculatus
(Gmelin 1789)
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37 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Phalacrocorax carunculatus | ||||||||||
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Phalacrocorax varius
(Gmelin 1789)
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Stictocarbo punctatus
(Sparrman 1786)
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290 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Phalacrocorax punctatus | ||||||||||
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Phalacrocorax carbo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
(Vieillot 1817)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Microcarbo melanoleucos | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Cygnus atratus
(Latham 1790)
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98 specimens | |||||||||
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= Cygnus sumnerensis
Forbes 1889
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Rawlence et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Mergus australis
Hombron and Jacquinot 1841
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29 specimens | |||||||||
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Anas superciliosa
Gmelin 1789
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48 specimens | |||||||||
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Anas chlorotis
Gray 1845
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157 specimens | |||||||||
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Aythya novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Biziura delautouri
Forbes 1891
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Tadorna variegata
(Gmelin 1789)
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107 specimens | |||||||||
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? Anas rhynchotis
Latham 1801
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Spatula rhynchotis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Callaeidae
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Callaeas cinerea
(Gmelin 1789)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Callaeas cinereus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Oriolidae
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Turnagra capensis
(Sparrman 1787)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Meliphagidae
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Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1788)
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Motacillidae
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Anthus novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus moriorum
Forbes 1892
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54 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Poliocephalus rufopectus
(Gray 1843)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Podiceps cristatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Gallirallus australis
(Sparrman 1786)
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163 specimens | |||||||||
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Fulica prisca
Hamilton 1893
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44 specimens | |||||||||
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Gallinula hodgenorum
(Scarlett 1955)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Strigopidae
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Nestor meridionalis
(Gmelin 1788)
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89 specimens | |||||||||
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Strigops habroptilus
(Gray 1845)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Strigops habroptila | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittaculidae
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Cyanoramphus spp.
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44 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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150 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Sceloglaux albifacies
(Gray 1844)
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39 specimens | |||||||||
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Ninox novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1788)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Apterygiformes
- Apterygidae
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Apteryx australis
Shaw 1813
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dinornithiformes
- Emeidae
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? Pachyornis elephantopus
(Owen 1856)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Circus approximans
Peale 1848
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Circus eylesi
Scarlett 1953
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Harpagornis moorei
Haast 1872
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° South, 174.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° South, 174.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Collected from the eroding dune surface. Dated between 600 and 1500 years BP. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | dune |
| Geology comments: Dunes in a beach setting | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Elliot Dawson | Collection dates: | 1948, 1951 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Canterbury Museum | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lake Grassmere, Marlborough | ||
| Database number: | 194619 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-23 15:56:27 | Last modified: | 2018-06-23 15:56:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-23 15:56:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66128. | T. H. Worthy. 1998. A remarkable fossil and archaeological avifauna from Marfells Beach, Lake Grassmere, South Island, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 12:79-176 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 34477 | S. Boessenkool, J. J. Austin, T. H. Worthy, P. Scofield, A. Cooper, P. J. Seddon, and J. M. Waters. 2009. Relict or colonizer? Extinction and range expansion of penguins in southern New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:815-821 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 66129 | N. J. Rawlence, A. Kardamaki, L. J. Easton, A. J. D. Tennyson, R. P. Scofield and J. M. Waters. 2017. Ancient DNA and morphometric analysis reveal extinction and replacement of New Zealand’s unique black swans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:20170876 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |