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Pleistocene Ross seal (ommatophoca Rossi) from New Zealand (note) |
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| Authors: | Judith E. King |
| Affiliation: | School of Zoology , University of New South Wales , P.O. Box 1, Kensington, N.S.W., 2033, Australia |
| Abstract: | A fossil seal jaw from the Early Pleistocene (Wanganui Series; Hautawan Stage) of Napier, New Zealand, is identified as that of an Ommatophoca rossi juvenile of less than 1.8 m body length. |
| Keywords: | Perca fluviatilis age growth condition reproduction fecundity behaviour Lake Pounui |