Rockdale Station: Holocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus exulans (Peale 1848)
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830
Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Cyanoramphus sp. Bonaparte 1854
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Rhipiduridae
Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrman 1787)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Meliphagidae
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Gmelin 1788)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Anthus novaeseelandiae (Gmelin 1789)
Reptilia - Dinornithiformes - Emeidae
Emeus crassus (Owen 1846)
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica (Gray 1845)
Reptilia - Scincidae
Oligosoma sp. Girard
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island County:South Canterbury
Coordinates: 44.3° South, 171.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.3° South, 171.0° East
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
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
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:215391
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-11-10 13:05:10 Last modified:2020-11-17 12:48:50
Access level:the public Released:2020-11-10 13:05:10
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]