Hanging Rock Site 3: Holocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda - Phasianidae
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830
Reptilia - Theropoda - Scolopacidae
Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica (Gray 1845)
Reptilia - Theropoda
Dinornithiformes indet.
Reptilia - Theropoda - Anatidae
cf. Tadorna sp. Boie 1822
? Tadorna variegata (Gmelin 1789)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Aegothelidae
Aegotheles novaezealandiae (Scarlett 1968)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Psittaculidae
Cyanoramphus sp. Bonaparte 1854
Reptilia - Theropoda - Strigidae
Sceloglaux albifacies (Gray 1844)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Rallidae
Gallinula hodgenorum (Scarlett 1955)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Meliphagidae
Anthornis melanura (Sparrman 1786)
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Gmelin 1788)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Rhipiduridae
Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrman 1787)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Motacillidae
Anthus novaeseelandiae (Gmelin 1789)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Locustellidae
Bowdleria punctata (Quoy and Gaimard 1830)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Petroicidae
Petroica macrocephala (Gmelin 1789)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Procellariidae
Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin 1789)
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Hoplodactylus cf. duvaucelii (Duméril and Bibron 1836)
Hoplodactylus cf. maculatus (Gray 1845)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus exulans (Peale 1848)
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Mystacinidae
Mystacina robusta Dwyer 1962
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island County:South Canterbury
Coordinates: 44.2° South, 171.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.2° South, 171.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
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:215387
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-11-10 12:58:07 Last modified:2020-11-17 12:22:01
Access level:the public Released:2020-11-10 12:58:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

74304. T. H. Worthy. 1997. Quaternary fossil fauna of South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27(1):67-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]