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

Notornis

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-124

  Worthy, Trevor H ^a  

^a Palaeofaunal Surveys   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FINSCH'S DUCK; FOSSIL AVIFAUNA; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, NELSON, MOUNT ARTHUR, HODGES CREEK CAVE;

EURYANAS FINSCHI;

EID: 0030728416     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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