🇳🇿 New Zealand

NZ
4
Genera
6
Occurrences
1
Formations

Genera found in this country (4)

4 genres
Platypterygius
162 Ma
Marine reptiles Valid 2 occ.
Platypterygius
Prognathodon
101 Ma
Marine reptiles Valid 2 occ.
Prognathodon
Plesiosaurus
206 Ma
Marine reptiles Valid 1 occ.
Plesiosaurus
Tuarangisaurus
84 Ma
Marine reptiles Valid 1 occ.
Tuarangisaurus

Actualités (3)

A million-year-old cave reveals a world that disappeared long before humans arrived
bird bone New Zealand
A cave near Waitomo, New Zealand, has just yielded one of the most unexpected paleontological treasures of recent years. Sixteen fossilized species, including an unknown ancestor of the kākāpō, had been sleeping there for a million years. What these bones tell goes well beyond...
04/06/2026 futura-terre ⚙ traduction auto
In New Zealand, one of the worst known eruptions finally reveals its hidden mechanism
New Zealand study
Around 350,000 years ago, New Zealand was the scene of one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions known. A new study reveals that this cataclysmic event, at the origin of the Whakamaru caldera, would have simultaneously mobilized several magmatic reservoirs,...
01/06/2026 futura-terre ⚙ traduction auto
Episode 172: Rhynchocephalians
New Zealand
Today, there is only one living species of rhynchocephalian: the tuatara of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Despite today’s paucity of species, this was once a diverse group of reptiles, with a wide range of lifestyles from swimming in the ocean to climbing trees. Once highly abundant around the world, reasons for their decline are still debated and [&hellip
05/02/2026 palaeocast

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Mosasauridae museum New Zealand
Mosasauridae museum New Zealand
Mosasauridae museum New Zealand
Mosasauridae museum New Zealand
Mosasauridae museum New Zealand
Mosasauridae museum New Zealand
Mosasauridae museum New Zealand
Formations géologiques (1)
Conway 45
Plage temporelle
Trias
Jura
Crét.
Paléo.
Néo.
252 201 145 66 0
Groupe géologique · Membre
Mata 14
Eyre 13
Tioriori 8
Taringatura 1
Newcastle 1
Maungataniwha 17
NPB 3
lower part 1
Swale 1
Environnements de dépôt
marine indet. 17
coastal indet. 15
shoreface 14
offshore 14
foreshore 13
basinal (siliciclastic) 10
transition zone/lower shoreface 7
terrestrial indet. 6
carbonate indet. 5
deltaic indet. 3
marginal marine indet. 3
delta front 1
Principaux collecteurs
M. A. and J. Wiffen, W. L. Moisley 14
McKay, Haast, H. Travers 13
A. McKay 9
McKay 7
J. Wiffen 7
Hood, Haast, Holmes, W. Travers 7
M.A. and J. Wiffen 5
H. H. Travers 5
Fordyce 3
R. L. Holmes 3
Activité de collecte par décennie
1850s 2
1860s 25
1870s 23
1920s 5
1950s 1
1960s 2
1970s 17
1980s 17
1990s 4