Hawkes Cave (Pleistocene to of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (41.0° S, 172.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 172.9° E)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; metamorphosed limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy and R. N. Holdaway. 1996. Taphonomy of two holocene microvertebrate deposits, Takaka Hill, Nelson, New Zealand, and identification of the avian predator responsible. Historical Biology 12(1):1-24 [M. Uhen/M. Nelson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 182103: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margot Nelson on 10.10.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
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Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk | |
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Cyanoramphus sp. Bonaparte 1854 parrot | |
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Philesturnus carcunculatus perching bird | |
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Turnagra capensis Sparrman 1787 South Island piopio | |
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Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow | |
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Pachyplichas yaldwyni Millener 1988 New Zealand wren
Xenicus sp. Gray New Zealand wren
Acanthisitta chloris Sparrman 1787 New Zealand wren | |
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Mohoua ochrocephala Gmelin 1789 yellowhead | |
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Petroica australis Sparrman 1788 New Zealand robin | |
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Aegotheles novaezealandiae Scarlett 1968 New Zealand owlet-nightjar | |
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Euryapteryx sp. Haast 1874 bird
Anomalopteryx didiformis Owen 1844 bird | |
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Dinornis struthoides Owen 1844 bird | |
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Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica Gray 1845 subantarctic snipe | |
| Reptilia | |
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Hoplodactylus cf. maculatus Gray 1845 gecko
Hoplodactylus cf. granulatus Gray 1845 gecko | |
| Mammalia | |
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Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat | |
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Mystacina tuberculata New Zealand short-tailed bat
Mystacina cf. robusta Dwyer 1962 New Zealand short-tailed bat | |