Sites 1-17, Mason Bay, Stewart Island: Holocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Rattus exulans
(Peale 1848)
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22 specimens | |||||||||
Rattus rattus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Haematopodidae
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Haematopus unicolor
Forster 1841
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Larus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Larus scopulinus/bulleri | ||||||||||
Larus dominicanus
Lichtenstein 1823
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Stercorariidae
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Catharacta antarctica
(Lesson 1831)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Stercorarius antarcticus | ||||||||||
As Catharacta skua | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Eudyptula minor
(Forster 1781)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Pelagodroma marina
(Latham 1790)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus sp.
Brisson 1760
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Puffinus gavia/buttoni | ||||||||||
Pachyptila vittata
(Forster 1777)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Pachyptila turtur
(Kuhl 1820)
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23 specimens | |||||||||
Puffinus griseus
(Gmelin 1789)
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78 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Ardenna grisea | ||||||||||
Puffinus tenuirostris
(Temminck 1823)
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26 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Ardenna tenuirostris | ||||||||||
Pelecanoides urinatrix
(Gmelin 1789)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Pterodroma inexpectata
(Forster 1844)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Pterodroma cookii
(Gray 1843)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Leucocarbo carunculatus
(Gmelin 1789)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Phalacrocorax carunculatus | ||||||||||
Stictocarbo punctatus
(Sparrman 1786)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Phalacrocorax punctatus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Callaeidae
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Philesturnus carunculatus
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Motacillidae
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Anthus novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Gallirallus australis
(Sparrman 1786)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Apterygiformes
- Apterygidae
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Apteryx australis
Shaw 1813
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3 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | 46.9° South, 167.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 46.9° South, 167.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | ||
Age estimate: | 1026 ± 65 to 280 ± 67 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
Environment: | eolian 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: | 195150 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-07-22 23:04:59 | Last modified: | 2018-07-22 23:23:16 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-22 23:04:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
66377. | T. H. Worthy. 1998. Fossils indicate Pelecanoides georgicus had large colonies at Mason Bay, Stewart Island, New Zealand. Notornis 45:229-246 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |