Kawhia Harbour: Whaingaroan, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Grant-Mackie and Simpson 1973 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° South, 174.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.0° South, 179.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3-4 |
| Key time interval: | Whaingaroan |
| Age range of interval: | 34.60000 - 27.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Motutarakatua Point | ||
| Database number: | 74599 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-15 08:19:57 | Last modified: | 2007-08-28 15:23:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-15 08:19:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25069. | G. G. Simpson. 1971. A review of the pre-Pliocene penguins of New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144(5):319-378 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 25176 | J. A. Grant-Mackie and G. G. Simpson. 1973. Tertiary penguins from the North Island of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3(3):441-452 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] |