Mar 2, 2025
Here the result of the St. Bathans fauna stream! This one took us into the early Miocene of New Zealand, the Moa's ark, as some call it. After many formation streams with very few birds this one has probably way too many!
The St. Bathans fauna formed shortly after NZ reemerged after being nearly gone during the Oligocene. It preserves a rich, subtropical wetland community dominated by anseriformes. Boy do we have many ducks here!
Besides that the largest known parrots, flying kiwis, basal moas and surprising elements like crocodiles and turtles roamed here. Not to mention the mysterious St. Bathans mammal! As you can see in these size charts by Discord member Dynamoterror and @arminreindl, there is still much to draw!
