Where: Chatham Islands, New Zealand (44.2° S, 176.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.7° S, 172.9° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Whenuataru Tuff Formation, Opoitian to Opoitian (5.3 - 3.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. K. Eagle, B. J. Gill, and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2005. Pliocene bird bones from Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Records of the Aukland Museum 42:62-73 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 100505: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.12.2010

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