Bannockburn Formation
45 distinct taxa, from 107 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 19–16 Mya.
South Island, Otago · NZ
45 taxa · 107 fossils · 19–16 MyaFiled under the Manuherikia Group.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Manuherikia Group, in the Central Otago Lignites Supergroup, and dates it 23–12 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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3 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Hakawai melvillei
- Dinornithiformes
- Nelepsittacus minimus
- Anserinae
- Charadriiformes
- Mystacinidae
- Neilus sansomae
- Gekkota
- Manuherikia douglasi
- Manuherikia lacustrina
- Matuku otagoense
- Nelepsittacus donmertoni
- Palaelodus aotearoa
- Passeriformes
- Rallidae
- Scincidae
- Vulcanops jennyworthyae
- Accipitridae
- Aptornis proasciarostratus
- Lacertilia
- Laridae
- Leiopelma
- Leiopelma miocaenale
- Manuherikia minuta
- Matanas enrighti
- Miotadorna sanctibathansi
- Mystacina miocenalis
- Nelepsittacus daphneleeae
- Proapteryx micromeros
- Sphenodon
- Aegotheles
- Collocalia
- Columbidae
- Cracticidae
- Crocodylia
- Dunstanetta johnstoneorum
- Heracles inexpectatus
- Kuiornis indicator
- Leiopelma acricarina
- Mammalia
The 40 most often recorded, of 45.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.