Marfells Beach, dune deposits: Holocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Circus approximans
Peale 1848
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Circus eylesi
Scarlett 1953
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47 specimens | |||||||||
Harpagornis moorei
Haast 1872
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Meleagris gallopavo
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Coturnix novaezelandiae
Quoy and Gaimard 1830
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47 specimens | |||||||||
Phasianus colchicus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gallus gallus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica
(Gray 1845)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Limosa lapponica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Recurvirostridae
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Himantopus novaezelandiae
Gould 1841
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Sterna striata
Gmelin 1789
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27 specimens | |||||||||
Sterna nereis
(Gould 1843)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Sternula nereis | ||||||||||
Sterna caspia
Pallas 1770
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Hydroprogne caspia | ||||||||||
Sterna albostriata
(Gray 1845)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Chlidonias albostriatus | ||||||||||
Larus spp.
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31 specimens | |||||||||
Larus scopulinus/bulleri | ||||||||||
Larus dominicanus
Lichtenstein 1823
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Stercorariidae
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Stercorarius parasiticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Haematopodidae
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Haematopus ostralegus
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Haematopus unicolor
Forster 1841
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Charadriidae
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Anarhynchus frontalis
Quoy and Gaimard 1830
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Charadrius bicinctus
Jardine and Selby 1827
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Charadrius obscurus
Gmelin 1789
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Falco novaeseelandiae
Gmelin 1788
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocoracidae indet.
Reichenbach 1850
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3 specimens | |||||||||
P. carbo/varius/Leucocarbo carunculatus | ||||||||||
Phalacrocorax spp.
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Phalacrocorax carbo/varius | ||||||||||
Leucocarbo carunculatus
(Gmelin 1789)
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36 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Phalacrocorax carunculatus | ||||||||||
Phalacrocorax carbo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Stictocarbo punctatus
(Sparrman 1786)
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291 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Phalacrocorax punctatus | ||||||||||
Phalacrocorax varius
(Gmelin 1789)
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18 specimens | |||||||||
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
(Vieillot 1817)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Microcarbo melanoleucos | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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? Morus serrator
(Gray 1843)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Pelecanidae
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Pelecanus conspicillatus
Temminck 1824
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Eudyptula minor
(Forster 1781)
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515 specimens | |||||||||
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Gray 1845
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37 specimens | |||||||||
Megadyptes antipodes
(Hombron and Jacquinot 1841)
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35 specimens | |||||||||
= Megadyptes waitaha n. sp.
Boessenkool et al. 2009
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Boessenkool et al. 2009 | |||||||||
recombined as Megadyptes antipodes waitaha | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pterodroma inexpectata
(Forster 1844)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Pterodroma cookii
(Gray 1843)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Macronectes spp.
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Macronectes halli/giganteus | ||||||||||
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Puffinus griseus
(Gmelin 1789)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Ardenna grisea | ||||||||||
Puffinus tenuirostris
(Temminck 1823)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Ardenna tenuirostris | ||||||||||
Pelecanoides urinatrix
(Gmelin 1789)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Puffinus spp.
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115 specimens | |||||||||
Puffinus gavia/huttoni | ||||||||||
Pachyptila turtur
(Kuhl 1820)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Pachyptila vittata
(Forster 1777)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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Diomedea cauta
Gould 1841
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Thalassarche cauta | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Pelagodroma marina
(Latham 1790)
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54 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Strigopidae
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Strigops habroptilus
(Gray 1845)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Strigops habroptila | ||||||||||
Nestor meridionalis
(Gmelin 1788)
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244 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittaculidae
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Cyanoramphus spp.
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242 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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164 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Cuculiformes
- Cuculidae
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Eudynamys taitensis
(Sparrman 1787)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Urodynamis taitensis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Sceloglaux albifacies
(Gray 1844)
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53 specimens | |||||||||
Ninox novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1788)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
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Aptornis defossor
Owen 1871
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Gallinula hodgenorum
(Scarlett 1955)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Fulica prisca
Hamilton 1893
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46 specimens | |||||||||
Porphyrio hochstetteri
(Meyer 1883)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Porphyrio porphyrio
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gallirallus australis
(Sparrman 1786)
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197 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Podiceps cristatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Poliocephalus rufopectus
(Gray 1843)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Turdidae
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Turdus philomelos
Brehm 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Meliphagidae
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Anthornis melanura
(Sparrman 1786)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1788)
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58 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Mohouidae
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Mohoua novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mohoua ochrocephala
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Locustellidae
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Bowdleria punctata
(Quoy and Gaimard 1830)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Megalurus punctatus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus moriorum
Forbes 1892
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87 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Callaeidae
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Callaeas cinerea
(Gmelin 1789)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Callaeas cinereus | ||||||||||
Philesturnus carunculatus
(Gmelin 1789)
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34 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Petroicidae
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Petroica australis
(Sparrman 1788)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Motacillidae
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Anthus novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Fringillidae
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Carduelis carduelis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sturnidae
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Sturnus vulgaris
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Oriolidae
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Turnagra capensis
(Sparrman 1787)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Malacorhynchus scarletti
Olson 1977
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Tadorna variegata
(Gmelin 1789)
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380 specimens | |||||||||
Cygnus atratus
(Latham 1790)
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474 specimens | |||||||||
= Cygnus sumnerensis
Forbes 1889
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Rawlence et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
(Gmelin 1789)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Biziura delautouri
Forbes 1891
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anas superciliosa
Gmelin 1789
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66 specimens | |||||||||
Anas chlorotis
Gray 1845
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263 specimens | |||||||||
Anas gracilis
Buller 1869
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Aythya novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1789)
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36 specimens | |||||||||
Mergus australis
Hombron and Jacquinot 1841
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Euryanas finschi
(Van Beneden 1875)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Chenonetta finschi | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Dinornithiformes
- Dinornithidae
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Dinornis giganteus
Owen 1844
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dinornithiformes
- Emeidae
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Emeidae indet.
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65 specimens | |||||||||
Emeus crassus
(Owen 1846)
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32 specimens | |||||||||
? Pachyornis elephantopus
(Owen 1856)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Euryapteryx geranoides
(Owen 1848)
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Apterygiformes
- Apterygidae
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Apteryx informal sp. juv.
Huxley 1867
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Apteryx australis
Shaw 1813
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9 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | 41.7° South, 174.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° South, 174.2° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: between 600 and 1500 years BP |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
Environment: | dune |
Geology comments: Dunes in a beach setting |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Lake Grassmere, Marlborough | ||
Database number: | 100554 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-12-10 08:27:20 | Last modified: | 2018-06-23 15:50:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-10 08:27:20 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
66128. | T. H. Worthy. 1998. A remarkable fossil and archaeological avifauna from Marfells Beach, Lake Grassmere, South Island, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 12:79-176 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
34477 | S. Boessenkool, J. J. Austin, T. H. Worthy, P. Scofield, A. Cooper, P. J. Seddon, and J. M. Waters. 2009. Relict or colonizer? Extinction and range expansion of penguins in southern New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:815-821 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
66129 | N. J. Rawlence, A. Kardamaki, L. J. Easton, A. J. D. Tennyson, R. P. Scofield and J. M. Waters. 2017. Ancient DNA and morphometric analysis reveal extinction and replacement of New Zealand’s unique black swans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:20170876 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |