Sims 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; carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy and R. N. Holdaway. 1994. Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in Takaka Valley and on Takaka Hill, northwest Nelson, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24(3):297-391 [M. Uhen/M. Nelson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182833: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margot Nelson on 25.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Apterygiformes - Apterygidae
Apteryx sp.
Apteryx sp. Huxley 1867 kiwi
 Dinornithiformes - Emeidae
Anomalopteryx didiformis, Pachyornis sp.
Pachyornis sp. Lydekker 1891 bird
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet., Chenonetta finschi
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl
Chenonetta finschi Van Beneden 1875 Finsch's duck
 Psittaciformes - Strigopidae
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila
"Strigops habroptilus" = Strigops habroptila Gray 1845 kakapo
 Gruiformes -
Aptornis sp.
Aptornis sp. Mantell 1848 bird
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Gallirallus australis, Fulica sp.
Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 weka
Fulica sp. Linnaeus 1758 rail
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipitridae indet.
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk