Mata Creek, Site 5 (H41/f118): Altonian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| NMNZ S.53267 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: exposure on east side of Mata Creek with stromatolite layer about 30 cm thick with a 10-cm-thick conglomerate at its base containing fish and bird fossils | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | stromatolitic conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine - large |
| Geology comments: from Miocene Lake Manuherikia, which extended > 5,600 square km | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| 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: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: NMNZ, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 175681 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-28 05:27:20 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-28 05:27:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |