List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
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Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Waimanu tuatahi
Slack et al. 2006
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| recombined as Muriwaimanu tuatahi | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° South, 172.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.5° South, 159.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Waipara Greensand | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: no "age-diagnostic fossils" but collection is "older than Early Eocene, no older than Paleocene, and stratigraphic level in upper Waipara Greensand indicates Late Paleocene" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Canterbury Museum collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 85841 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-16 16:47:02 | Last modified: | 2023-05-04 12:35:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-01-16 16:47:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19864. | K. E. Slack, C. M. Jones, T. Ando, G. L. Harrison, R. E. Fordyce, U. Arnason, and D. Penny. 2006. Early penguin fossils, plus mitochondrial genomes, calibrate avian evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23(6):1144-1155 [O. Will/O. Will] |