Sites 1-17, Mason Bay, Stewart Island: Holocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Rattus exulans
(Peale 1848)
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Rattus rattus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Haematopodidae
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Haematopus unicolor
Forster 1841
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Larus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Larus scopulinus/bulleri | ||||||||||
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Larus dominicanus
Lichtenstein 1823
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Stercorariidae
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Catharacta antarctica
(Lesson 1831)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Stercorarius antarcticus | ||||||||||
| As Catharacta skua | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Eudyptula minor
(Forster 1781)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Pelagodroma marina
(Latham 1790)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus sp.
Brisson 1760
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Puffinus gavia/buttoni | ||||||||||
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Pachyptila vittata
(Forster 1777)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Pachyptila turtur
(Kuhl 1820)
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23 specimens | |||||||||
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Puffinus griseus
(Gmelin 1789)
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78 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ardenna grisea | ||||||||||
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Puffinus tenuirostris
(Temminck 1823)
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26 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ardenna tenuirostris | ||||||||||
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Pelecanoides urinatrix
(Gmelin 1789)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Pterodroma inexpectata
(Forster 1844)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Pterodroma cookii
(Gray 1843)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Leucocarbo carunculatus
(Gmelin 1789)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Phalacrocorax carunculatus | ||||||||||
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Stictocarbo punctatus
(Sparrman 1786)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Phalacrocorax punctatus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Callaeidae
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Philesturnus carunculatus
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Motacillidae
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Anthus novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Gallirallus australis
(Sparrman 1786)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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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] |