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
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Auckland wastewater pipe dig reveals "fossil treasure trove"
EurekAlert, August 28, 2023
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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 Mangere, Auckland,
New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.
Published online: 27 Aug 2023
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Yours,
Paul H.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)