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Fossil deposits in the Hodges Creek Cave System, on the northern foothills of Mt Arthur, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand

  • Publication Type

    Journal Article

  • Publication Year

    1997

  • Author(s)

    T.H. Worthy

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    44, 2

  • Pagination

    111-124

  • Article Type

    paper

Keywords

Euryanas finschi; Fossil avifauna; Holocene; New Zealand; northwest Nelson; Pleistocene


Fossil deposits in the Hodges Creek Cave System, on the northern foothills of Mt Arthur, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand

Notornis, 44 (2), 111-124

T.H. Worthy (1997)

Article Type: paper

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Avifaunas from Pleistocene and Holocene fossil deposits in the Hodges Creek Cave System in northwest Nelson, New Zealand, are described. At least 20 species of birds are present in glacial-age deposits from these sites at about 900 m above sea level. A sample of 12,000 year old Finsch’s Duck (Euryanas finschi) bones shows that post-glacial shortening of the wings in this species had already started at that time.