Where: Hawera, New Zealand (39.6° S, 174.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 174.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Tangahoe Formation, Waipipian (3.6 - 3.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. A. McKee. 1987. The occurrence of the Pliocene penguin Tereingaornis mosleyi (Sphenisciformes: Sphenicidae) at Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14:557-561 [J. Hunter/J. Rezza/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 28039: authorized by John Hunter, entered by John Hunter on 21.01.2003, edited by Mark Uhen