[Rockhounds] Fossils of 10 unknown species found in Aukland, New Zealand

Paul etchplain at att.net
Mon Aug 28 09:30:37 PDT 2023


Fossils of 10 unknown species found by sewage plant
Paleontologists sifted through thousands of 3 to 3.7 million
year-old fossils in New Zealand, which also included
great white shark teeth and the spine of an extinct sawshark.
by Laura Baisas, Popular Science, August 28, 2023
https://www.popsci.com/science/fossils-unknown-species/

Auckland wastewater pipe dig reveals 'fossil treasure trove
EurekAlert, August 28, 2023
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999615

The open access paper is:

Bruce W. Hayward, Thomas F. Stolberger, Nathan Collins ,
Alan G. Beu, and Wilma Blom, 2023, A diverse Late Pliocene
fossil fauna and its paleoenvironment at Māngere, Auckland,
New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.
Published online: 27 Aug 2023
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10.1080/00288306.2023.2243234?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tab

Yours,

Paul H.





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