Site 2, Mangere Island: Holocene, New Zealand
collected by A.J.D. Tennyson 1987-1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Stercorariidae
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Catharacta antarctica
(Lesson 1831)
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| recombined as Stercorarius antarcticus | ||||||||||
| ssp. lonnbergi, as Catharacta skua lonnbergi | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Sterna striata
Gmelin 1789
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Larus novaehollandiae
Stephens 1826
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| recombined as Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Stictocarbo featherstoni
(Buller 1873)
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| original and current combination Phalacrocorax featherstoni | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Eudyptula minor
(Forster 1781)
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Eudyptes informal ?n. sp.
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Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Pelagodroma marina
(Latham 1790)
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pterodroma axillaris
(Salvin 1893)
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Pelecanoides urinatrix
(Gmelin 1789)
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Macronectes spp.
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Puffinus griseus
(Gmelin 1789)
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| recombined as Ardenna grisea | ||||||||||
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Pachyptila turtur
(Kuhl 1820)
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Pachyptila vittata
(Forster 1777)
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Locustellidae
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Bowdleria rufescens
(Buller 1869)
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| recombined as Megalurus rufescens | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Meliphagidae
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Anthornis melanocephala
Gray 1843
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| Anthornis melanura melanocephala | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° South, 176.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° South, 176.3° West |
| 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: No material was dated by radiocarbon. Relative ages were inferred from species compositions. Site 1 contained six or seven species of bird not recorded in 1871-72, whereas Site 2 contained only two species not recorded then. Most of Site 1 is probably older than Site 2; both probably include material older than 1871. In the absence of absolute dates, the total times of deposition in the two sites must remain conjectural. However, it is likely that much of Site 2 was deposited in the late 1800s, after about 1865, whereas most of Site 1 was deposited before the mid 1800s. Hence, much of the material at Site 1 may be considerably older than that at Site 2, and may have been deposited before human settlement of the Chathams. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | loess |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | A.J.D. Tennyson | Collection dates: | 1987-1988 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 194616 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-23 12:09:02 | Last modified: | 2018-06-23 12:09:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-23 12:09:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66124. | A. J. D. Tennyson and P. R. Millener. 1994. Bird extinctions and fossil bones from Mangere Island, Chatham Islands. Notornis, Supplement 41:165-178 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |