Croc Site L1, Mata Creek, H41/f84: Altonian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes
4 specimens
MNZ S42413, S42434, S42414, S42475
3 specimens
MNZ S42416, S42415, S42435
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
? Laridae indet. Vigors 1825
1 specimen
MNZ S41058
Reptilia - Charadriiformes
De Pietri et al. 2015 1 specimen
NMNZ S.42416
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816
1 specimen
MNZ S42811
Reptilia - Procellariidae
1 specimen
MNZ S42431, distal right humerus
Reptilia - Dinornithiformes
? Dinornithidae indet. Bonaparte 1853
4 specimens
Tennyson et al. 2010
3 eggshell fragments. NMNZ S.42812, distal right tibiotarsus
Reptilia - Passeriformes
3 specimens
MNZ S42250, S42433, S42535,
1 specimen
MNZ S42815
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Cracticidae
Cracticidae indet. Chenu and des Murs 1855
1 specimen
MNZ S41061
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Reptilia - Psittaciformes
Worthy et al. 2011 1 specimen
NMNZ S.42246, unnamed species "similar in size to the kea Nestor notabilis"
Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Strigopidae
3 specimens
Worthy et al. 2011
NMNZ S.42252, NMNZ S.42409, NMNZ S.42480
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
1 specimen
MNZ S42281, left humerus (holotype).
10 specimens
MNZ S42272, S42273, S42274, S42275 (paratypes). Referred specimens: MNZ S42234, S42810, S42271, S42217, S42235, S42808
30 specimens
MNZ S42222, dL hum; S42223, dR hum; S42237, pR hum; S42238, pR hum; S42239, dR hum; S42240, pR hum; S42243, dL hum; S42367, pR hum; S42368, dL hum; S42393, pLpR hum; S42394, pL hum; S42417, pL hum; S42418, pL hum; S42508, pL hum; S42509, pR hum; S42510, dL hum; S42529, dR hum. MNZ S40454, R cor; S40455, L cor; S42311, L cor; S42309, L cor; S42310, L cor (Fig. 6D); S40095, pR cor; S40087, L cor; S41056, pR tib with most of shaft; S42722, L tib; S42241, R fem; S42242, L fem; S42798, L tmt; S42565, L tmt.
8 specimens
MNZ S41067 (paratype). MNZ S42809 (paratype). MNZ S42276 (paratype). Referred specimens: MNZ S42345, S42280, S42278, S42279, S42277
Worthy et al. 2008 2 specimens
NMNZ S.42878 (holotype). NMNZ S.42953
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Molnar and Pole 1997 1 specimen
OU22228, partial angular
Lacertilia indet. (Owen 1842)
Lee et al. 2009 2 specimens
NMNZ S42432, part vertebra; S42926, pelvis
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Mystacinidae
Hand et al. 2018
CM 2013.18.1, left M1
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island County:Otago
Coordinates: 44.9° South, 169.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° South, 175.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Altonian Pollen zone:  Casuarinaceae
Age range of interval: 18.7 - 15.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Manuherikia Formation:Bannockburn
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium,coarse silty sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "5–10 cm thick bed of silty medium–coarse pale sand, with silt rip-up clasts laid down on a similar thickness of clean pale sands."
Environment:lacustrine - large
Geology comments: from Miocene Lake Manuherikia, which extended > 5,600 square km
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: MNZ, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Metadata
Database number:126289
Authorizer:M. Uhen, R. Butler, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, G. Varnham, R. Butler
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:150551, 152098, 153884, 175654, 175632
Created:2012-04-03 07:02:16 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-04-03 07:02:16
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
41012. T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, C. Jones, J. A. McNamara, and B. J. Douglas. 2007. Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5(1):1-39 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

57491 V. L. De Pietri, R. P. Scofield, A. J. D. Tennyson, S. J. Hand, and T. H. Worthy. 2015. Wading a lost southern connection: Miocene fossils from New Zealand reveal a new lineage of shorebirds (Charadriiformes) linking Gondwanan avifaunas. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [R. Butler/R. Butler]
80421 S. J. Hand, R. M. D. Beck, M. Archer, N. B. Simmons, G. F. Gunnell, R. P. Scofield, A. J. D. Tennyson, V. L. De Pietri, S. W. Salisbury and T. H. Worthy. 2018. A new, large-bodied omnivorous bat (Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae) reveals lost morphological and ecological diversity since the Miocene in New Zealand. Scientific Reports 8:235 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/P. Mannion]
57482 M. S. Y. Lee, M. N. Hutchinson, T. H., M. Archer, A. J. D. Tennyson, J. P. Worthy, and R. P. Scofield. 2009. Miocene skinks and geckos reveal long-term conservatism of New Zealand’s lizard fauna. Biology Letters [R. Butler/R. Butler]
46537 R. E. Molnar and M. Pole. 1997. A Miocene crocodilian from New Zealand. Alcheringa 21:65-70 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57475 A. J. D. Tennyson, T. H. Worthy, C. M. Jones, R. P. Scofield, and S. J. Hand. 2010. Moa’s Ark: Miocene Fossils Reveal the Great Antiquity of Moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) in Zealandia. Records of the Australian Museum 62:105-114 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
57479 T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, S. J. Hand and R. P. Scofield. 2008. A new species of the diving duck Manuherikia and evidence for geese (Aves: Anatidae: Anserinae) in the St Bathans Fauna (Early Miocene), New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 38(2):97-114 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
57489 T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, and R. P. Scofield. 2011. An early Miocene diversity of parrots (Aves, Strigopidae, Nestorinae) from New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1102-1116 [R. Butler/R. Butler]