Hawera: Waipipian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
McKee 1994
sp. A, B
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888
McKee 1994
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Tereingaornis moisleyi Scarlett 1983
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Spheniscidae
possibly 1 individual
Reptilia - Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes indet. Fürbringer 1888
McKee 1994
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760
McKee 1994
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet. (Gray 1821)
McKee 1994
original and current combination Phocadae
sp. A, B, C
Mammalia - Cetacea
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
McKee 1994
long-snouted dolphin
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
aff. Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850
McKee 1994
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821
McKee 1994
sp. A, B
Delphinus sp. Linnaeus 1758
McKee 1994
or Stenella
Delphinus aff. delphis Linnaeus 1758
McKee 1994
Climo, F. M. unpublish MS
Orcinus sp. Fitzinger 1860
McKee 1994
Pseudorca sp. Reinhardt 1862
McKee 1994
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804
McKee 1994
sp, A, B, C, D
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus (Davis 1888)
McKee 1994
recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata
Ikamauius ensifer
McKee 1994
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Megascyliorhinus cooperi Cappetta and Ward 1977
McKee 1994
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
McKee 1994
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758)
McKee 1994
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
McKee 1994
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes
Chimaeriformes indet. Obruchev 1953
McKee 1994
sp. A, sp. B
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Callorhynchus milii
McKee 1994
Callorhynchus sp. Cuvier 1829
McKee 1994
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Hawera
Coordinates: 39.6° South, 174.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.2° South, 174.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Pliocene
*Local age/stage:Waipipian
Key time interval:Waipipian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 3.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tangahoe
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: shelf to shoreline, shallow marine, heavy wave activity
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Feeding/predation traces:tooth marks
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:28039
Authorizer:J. Hunter, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Hunter, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-01-21 11:38:00 Last modified:2017-08-07 15:00:45
Access level:database members Released:2003-04-21 11:38:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7498.5% 4000J. W. A. McKee. 1987. The occurrence of the Pliocene penguin Tereingaornis mosleyi (Sphenisciformes: Sphenicidae) at Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14:557-561 [J. Hunter/J. Rezza/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

38601 J. W. A. McKee. 1985. A pseudodontorn (Pelecaniformes: Pelagornithidae) from the middle Pliocene of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12:181-184 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
14399 J. W. A. McKee. 1994. Geology and vertebrate palaeontology of the Tangahoe Formation, South Taranaki Coast, New Zealand. Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 80B:63-91 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]