Also known as H41/f88
Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.9° S, 169.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° S, 179.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Casuarinaceae pollen zone, Bannockburn Formation (Manuherikia Group), Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)
• "Bed HH1a, a sand layer bound by clay layers, in the Manuherikia River section, 6.88–7.0 m above the base of the Bannockburn Formation, allocated H41/f88 in the archival Fossil Record File of the Geological Society of NZ"
•early to earliest middle Miocene (Altonian), 19-16 Ma, Casuarinacea biozone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; fine-grained, gray, green, silty sandstone and claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
• MNZ, Museum of NewZealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, M. Archer, A. M. Musser, S. J. Hand, C. Jones, B. J. Douglass, J. A. McNamara, and R. M. D. Beck. 2006. Miocene mammal reveals a Mesozoic ghost lineage on insular New Zealand, southwest Pacific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(51):19419-19423 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 73690: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.06.2007, edited by Richard Butler, Collin VanBuren and Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Leiopelma acricarina n. sp.13 Worthy et al. 2013 frog NMNZ S.51263 (holotype), NMNZ S.50023 (paratype)
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Mammalia | |
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Mystacinidae "unnamed species 1"5, Mystacinidae "unnamed species 2"5, Vulcanops jennyworthyae n. gen. n. sp.3, Mystacina miocenalis4
Mystacinidae "unnamed species 1"5 Dobson 1875 New Zealand short-tailed bat NMNZ S.51742, S.52083, S.44260, S.41867, S.42215
Vulcanops jennyworthyae n. gen. n. sp.3 Hand et al. 2018 New Zealand short-tailed bat Holotype: CM 2013.18.790, left dentary fragment with m2-3; NMNZ S.42876, right m1; NMNZ S.52078, right m1; NMNZ S.52076, left m1/2 (fragment); CM 2013.18.916, left M1; NMNZ S.44071, right M1; NMNZ S.50383, right M2,; NMNZ S.50778, right M1/2 (postero- lingual fragment); NMNZ S.52351, right incomplete M3; NMNZ S.50384, left M3 incomplete
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Scincidae indet.7 Gray 1825 skink NMNZ S42618, 2 dorsal vertebrae; S42620, right maxilla; S42688, frontal; S42689, right compound bone mandible; S42728, dorsal vertebra; S43074, part right maxilla; S44001, dorsal vertebra; S44002, distal right humerus; S44216, 3 dorsal vertebrae; S44217, frontal fragment; S44218, right maxilla; S44302, dorsal vertebra; S50938, distal right humerus; S50943, dorsal vertebra; S50945, proximal right femur; S42619, part femur; S43121, proximal femur; S50022, vertebra; S50024, vertebra; S50388, vertebra; S50770, part vertebra
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Gekkota indet.7 squamates NMNZ S51324, left dentary; S42731, right compound bone mandible; S42296, partial left dentary, distal femur; S42343, dorsal vertebra; S42616, dorsal vertebra; S42687, dorsal vertebra; S42730, dorsal vertebra; S43125, dorsal vertebra; S44072, 1 proximal left humerus plus ?1 left humerus; S44152, partial right maxilla; S51269, caudal vertebra; S44154, central portion of left pterygoid; S51004, left maxilla fragment with teeth; S42341, left compound bone mandible; S42342, left compound bone mandible; S42577, part left compound bone mandible; S43124, frontal; S44003, right compound bone mandible; S44153, left compound bone mandible
Lacertilia indet.7 lizard NMNZ S42578, part pelvis small; S42579, part pelvis large; S42684, pelvis fragment; S42685, 2 distal femora; S42686, distal right humerus; S42732, pelvis; S42733, 2 distal femora; S43045, femur (2 pieces); S43046, distal femur; S43073, distal femur; S43122, distal femur; S43123, distal femur; S44004, part pelvis; S44005, femur; S44155, misc. bones; S44219, 3 part femora; S44301, 6 shafts leg bones; S44303, 2 worn parts of left compound bone mandible; S50179, distal right humerus; S50389, maxilla fragment with teeth; S50604, femur fragment
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Aves | |
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Hakawai melvillei1 De Pietri et al. 2015 shorebird NMNZ S.50490, NMNZ S 43153, CM 2013.18.195 (paratypes). Referred specimens: CM 2013.18.1054, CM 2013.18.284, NMNZ S.52160, NMNZ S.43975, NMNZ S.57903, CM 2013.18.114, NMNZ S.51871, NMNZ S.43975, NMNZ S.44064, NMNZ S.52235, NMNZ S.51604, NMNZ S.52548, NMNZ S.52461, NMNZ S.52629, CM 2013.18.1053, CM 2013.18.1055, NMNZ S. 52108, NMNZ S.51971, NMNZ S.51488, NMNZ S.51371, MNZ S.52414
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Passeriformes "unnamed species 2"11 Linnaeus 1758 perching bird MNZ S40448, S40956, S42340, S42806, S42842, S42852.
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Nelepsittacus daphneleeae15 Worthy et al. 2011 parrot NMNZS.42550, NMNZS.51398 (paratypes). NMNZ S.44210, NMNZ S.50609
Nelepsittacus donmertoni15 Worthy et al. 2011 parrot NMNZ S.50261, NMNZ S.50311 (paratypes). Referred specimens NMNZ S.42854, NMNZ S.43995, NMNZ S.43996, NMNZ S.50267, NMNZ S.50281, NMNZ S.50396, NMNZ S.51422, NMNZ S.42615, NMNZ S.42832, NMNZ S.44211, NMNZ S.50265, NMNZ S.51407, NMNZ S.51501, NMNZ S.52455, NMNZ S.44308, NMNZ S.52259, NMNZ S.52541, NMNZ S.52622, NMNZ S.52623, NMNZ S.42723, NMNZ S.44310, NMNZ S.42784, NMNZ S.42853, NMNZ S.50129, NMNZ S.50301, NMNZ S.52226, NMNZ S.42614, NMNZ S.42856, NMNZ S.44309, NMNZ S.51720, NMNZ S.40458, NMNZ S.42663, NMNZ S.42855, NMNZ S.50277, NMNZ S.51409, NMNZ S.42833.
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Aptornis proasciarostratus14 Worthy et al. 2011 bird NMNZ S.52350, vertebra 16 (holotype). NMNZ S42623
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Matanas enrighti11, Miotadorna sanctibathansi n. gen. n. sp.11, Manuherikia douglasi16, Manuherikia minuta n. sp.11, Manuherikia lacustrina n. gen. n. sp.11, Anserinae "unnamed species 1"16, Anserinae "unnamed species 2"16
Miotadorna sanctibathansi n. gen. n. sp.11 Worthy et al. 2007 waterfowl MNZ S42794, right humerus (holotype). Referred specimens: MNZ S42313, S42796, S40093, S42795
Manuherikia minuta n. sp.11 Worthy et al. 2007 stiff-tailed duck MNZ S42317 complete left humerus (holotype). MNZ S40472 (paratype). MNZ S42318 (paratype). Referred specimens: MNZS42320, S42803, S42804, S42319
Manuherikia lacustrina n. gen. n. sp.11 Worthy et al. 2007 stiff-tailed duck MNZ S42307 complete left humerus (holotype). MNZ S40094 partial left humerus (paratype). MNZ S42306 complete right humerus (paratype). MNZ S42308 worn right humerus (paratype). Referred specimens: MNZ S40438, dR hum; S40474, dR hum; S40476, dL hum; S42326, dL hum; S42624, pL hum; S42625, dL hum; S42626, dR hum; S42627, pL hum; S42628, dR hum; S42701, dL hum; S42702, dR hum; S42703, pL hum; S42739, dR hum; S42745, R hum; S42746, dL hum; S42747, dL hum; S42748, dR hum; S42749, pR hum
Anserinae "unnamed species 2"16 Vigors 1825 goose NMNZ S42797, NMNZ S.50825. "anatid larger than Miotadorna sanctibathansi"
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Palaelodus aotearoa12 Worthy et al. 2010 swimming flamingo NMNZ S.51258, a distal right tibiotarsus (paratype)
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