Mason Bay, Stewart Island (Canterbury Museum collections): Holocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Ninox novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1788)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittaculidae
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Cyanoramphus spp.
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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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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anas chlorotis
Gray 1845
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Tadorna variegata
(Gmelin 1789)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Oriolidae
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Turnagra capensis
(Sparrman 1787)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Petroicidae
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Petroica macrocephala
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hydrobatidae
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Garrodia nereis
(Gould 1841)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pterodroma lessonii
(Garnot 1826)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Fulmarus glacialoides
(Smith 1840)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Puffinus assimilis
Gould 1838
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Daption capense
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Puffinus bulleri
Salvin 1888
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ardenna bulleri | ||||||||||
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Macronectes sp.
Richmond 1905
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Macronectes halli/giganteus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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Diomedea bulleri
Rothschild 1893
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Thalassarche bulleri | ||||||||||
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Diomedea cauta
Gould 1841
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Thalassarche cauta | ||||||||||
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Diomedea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Diomedea epomophora/exulans | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Gray 1845
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Coenocorypha aucklandica
(Gray 1845)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Sterna albostriata
(Gray 1845)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Chlidonias albostriatus | ||||||||||
| 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 |
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: | 195151 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-22 23:10:34 | Last modified: | 2018-07-22 23:10:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-22 23:10:34 |
| 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] |