Hawera: Waipipian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
sp. A, B | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Pelagornithidae indet.
Fürbringer 1888
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Tereingaornis moisleyi
Scarlett 1983
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2 specimens | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Spheniscidae | ||||||||||
possibly 1 individual | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariiformes
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Procellariiformes indet.
Fürbringer 1888
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus sp.
Brisson 1760
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phocidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
original and current combination Phocadae | ||||||||||
sp. A, B, C | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
long-snouted dolphin | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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aff. Mesoplodon sp.
Gervais 1850
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
sp. A, B | ||||||||||
Delphinus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
or Stenella | ||||||||||
Delphinus aff. delphis
Linnaeus 1758
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Climo, F. M. unpublish MS | ||||||||||
Orcinus sp.
Fitzinger 1860
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Pseudorca sp.
Reinhardt 1862
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera sp.
Lacépède 1804
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
sp, A, B, C, D | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Pristiophoridae
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Pristiophorus lanceolatus
(Davis 1888)
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata | ||||||||||
Ikamauius ensifer
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Megascyliorhinus cooperi
Cappetta and Ward 1977
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon carcharias
(Linnaeus 1758)
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
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Chimaeriformes indet.
Obruchev 1953
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
sp. A, sp. B | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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Callorhynchus milii
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McKee 1994 | |||||||||
Callorhynchus sp.
Cuvier 1829
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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% 4000 | J. 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] |