New Zealand's First Ever Described Fossil Locality

The first ever fossil locality in New Zealand to be scientifically documented following the arrival of europeans is a seemingly insignificant outcrop on the north coast of Chatham Island. Hamish Campbell tells the story of Ernst Dieffenbach who collected oyster fossils here in the 1800s and sent them to the British Museum to be offically published.
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[@tristanpatterson3843]

We need more frequent videos from you guys.

[@jacobcreech4382]

Agreed. Super interesting. Love learning about the geology of NZ. Great channel.

[@getzvalerevich6565]

I love this channel

[@flamencoprof]

As an Aucklander who has been to Bali, Hong Kong, Singapore, Western Europe and Australia I am starting to feel guilty I haven't even been to the Chathams.

[@gaius_enceladus]

The Chathams look beautiful! I'd love to get there sometime!

[@seansimonds5660]

Hah, went on a feild trip to the Chatham's earlier this year and managed to listen in on a talk from Hamish about his GNS geological map work, didn't expect to see him popping up on my phone months later from the Uni campus. Hello Hamish

[@warrenchinn4114]

Excellent short natural history pieces. Woefully lacking in main-stream media. Many thanks.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you 🙂

[@reuireuiop0]

"Only" 55 Millions years old, I'd think NZ can do better, fossil-age-wise

[@dral9971]

What an interesting channel! I am sitting in cold Sweden - practically on the other side of the globe - and note that geology (and paleontology) is just as interesting everywhere. Really need to review my plans for the next vacation.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for appreciation our channel!

[@luzr6613]

I have a reputation for being 'intelligent'. It's an illusion i've cultivated over many years, largely through compiling 'Bluffer's Guides' on a multitude of topics and carrying them around in my melon. This is a handy nugget for my Geology volume. I am, of course, a fool. Thank you for your contribution.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your enjoyable comment :-)

[@fraserthomson5766]

My dad visited Chatham Island, he told me there were hundreds of fossilized sharks teeth in one of the bays..

[@OutThereLearning]

Yes, there are.

[@ianh2674]

So interesting

[@getzvalerevich6565]

Awesome stuff. Appreciate the videos. Thank you

[@riverAmazonNZ]

So was the volcano active at the same time the oysters were alive?

[@Theonefreenet]

Te Mata Peak rocks are sixty million years old. I have bone fragment and a mussel . There are millions of fossils on Te Mata Peak rocks . Hawkes Bay.

[@OutThereLearning]

Not quite 60 mill www.geotrips.org.nz/trip.html?id=181

[@Theonefreenet]

@@OutThereLearning I could not find a date for the two types of limestone creations. I was told by Joan Wiffen that they were sixty million years old.

[@fraserthomson5766]

It's possible the volcano in question was in the North Island?

[@samuelbroad11]

55 and 30 million years old, could be anyones guess i imagine. Aotearoa was distinct by then. Cretaceous was when we split, over a hundy million ago.

[@reuireuiop0]

Dunno if Chathams have tectonically drifted away in those 55 M years, but if they didn't, it's unlikely NI volcano ashes would've reached that far.
Turn NI sideways around Wellington as a pin, North Cape would still fall short of the Chathams, they're that far away.

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