Sample name: Manuherikia River HH1a-e

Sample aka: Home Hills 1a-e

Reference: T. H. Worthy, A. J. Tennyson, C. Jones, J. A. McNamara, and B. J. Douglas. 2007. Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5(1):1-39 [ER 4429]

Lithology: more than one

Taphonomic context: lake deposit

Habitat comments: "Fossiliferous beds located in the lower Bannockburn Formation, Manuherikia Group"

Bones occur in "discontiunous sandy or muddy sand layers of lacustrine shallow sublittoral-littoral (near shore) sediments"

"HH1a comprises a greenish grey silt or fine sand locally intermixed withquartz granules/pebbles and organic debris, incorporating al-gae encrusted rip-up clasts of mud, rare oncolite fragmentsand abundant bone fragments"

Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sampled by: T. H. Worthy, A. J. Tennyson, C. Jones, J. A. McNamara

Years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Days: 41

Museum: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (MNZ)

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: Specimens were collected during the following periods: 21-26 April 2001; 27 Nov-7 Dec 2001; 8-13 Dec 2001; 1-6 Oct 2002; 16-19 March 2003; 18-25 Feb 2004.

Sediment screen washed over 1mm - 4mm sieves

118 elements are referred to two indeterminate Rallidae taxa. 115 to sp1. (magn. Gallirallus striatus or G. philippensis assimilis) and 3 to sp2. (magn. Gallirallus philippensis goodsoni). Not stated which of the St Bathans localities these remains were recovered from so counts are not included.

Aves indet."Several bone fragments (3) from moa-sized birds" (unclear from which site so counts are not included)

Several fragments of eggshell were also recovered

Sample no: 4716

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Modifier no: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2025-11-25 23:02:05

Modified: 2025-12-09 22:15:45