Story: Fossils

More links and websites

• Mesozoic marine monsters of the Mangahouanga

  A history of major New Zealand fossil finds and their locations.

• New Zealand fossil record file

  This GNS Science web page provides access to the New Zealand fossil record file. It contains information on more than 80,000 fossil localities in New Zealand, Antarctica and the Pacific Islands.

• New Zealand geological timescale wall chart

  This PDF (217 KB), published by GNS Science, is a detailed chart of New Zealand’s geological timescale.

• Reconstructing initial human settlement impacts on the vegetation of New Zealand

  Landcare Research describes their studies of fossilised pollen and spores to date Polynesian settlement of New Zealand.

• Southern fossils – paleontology at Otago

  The University of Otago’s department of geology website features information on fossils in southern New Zealand.

More suggestions and sources

• Cox, Geoffrey. Prehistoric animals of New Zealand. Auckland: Collins, 2001.
• Crampton, James. The Kiwi fossil hunter's handbook. Auckland: Random House, 2010.
• Gunson, Dave. Lost worlds of Aotearoa. Auckland: Random House, 2005.
• Hayward, Bruce. Trilobites, dinosaurs and moa bones: the story of New Zealand fossils. Auckland: Bush, 1989.
• Stace, Glenys, and Mike Eagle. Yes! We had dinosaurs. Auckland: Penguin, 2001.
• Stevens, Graeme, and others. Prehistoric New Zealand. Auckland: Heinemann Reed, 1988.
• Wiffen, Joan. Valley of the dragons: the story of New Zealand’s dinosaur woman. Auckland: Random Century, 1991.