Matanas fossil map
Where fossils of Matanas have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 15 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 15 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Prehistoric birds |
|---|---|
| Lived | 18.7–15.9 million years ago (Burdigalian to Langhian) |
| Periods | Neogene |
| Family | Anatidae |
| Named by | Worthy et al. 2007 |
| Fossil records | 2 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | New Zealand |
| Rock formations | Bannockburn |
About Matanas
Matanas enrighti is an extinct duck from the Miocene of New Zealand. It was described from fossil material (a left humerus) collected from a Saint Bathans Fauna site near Mata Creek, in the lower Bannockburn Formation of the Manuherikia Group, in the Manuherikia River valley in the Central Otago region of the South Island.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Matanas (revision 1281246434), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q16985210.
