Gordons Valley 6 (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.5° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° S, 171.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy. 1997. Quaternary fossil fauna of South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27(1):67-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215417: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus exulans, Mus musculus
Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Reptilia
 Squamata - Scincidae
Oligosoma cf. lineoocellatum
Oligosoma cf. lineoocellatum Duméril and Duméril 1851 skink
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Hoplodactylus cf. maculatus
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix novaezelandiae
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy and Gaimard 1830 New Zealand quail
 Caprimulgiformes - Aegothelidae
Aegotheles novaezealandiae
Aegotheles novaezealandiae Scarlett 1968 New Zealand owlet-nightjar
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Cyanoramphus sp.
Cyanoramphus sp. Bonaparte 1854 parrot
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus philomelos
Turdus philomelos Brehm 1831 song thrush
 Passeriformes - Locustellidae
"Bowdleria punctata" = Megalurus punctatus
"Bowdleria punctata" = Megalurus punctatus Quoy and Gaimard 1830 fernbird
 Passeriformes - Passeridae
Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus Linnaeus 1758 house sparrow
 Passeriformes - Callaeidae
Philesturnus carunculatus
Philesturnus carunculatus Gmelin 1789 South Island saddleback
 Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Anthus novaeseelandiae
Anthus novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 Australasian pipit
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Sturnus vulgaris
Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 European starling