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Field notebooks belonging to the late Dr. Richard Köhler provided crucial details for researchers to complete a study of a 55-million-year-old fossil fish found on Pitt Island, New Zealand.
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Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand
Who
Dr. Richard Köhler, Emeritus Professor Daphne Lee, Professor Ewan Fordyce, Andrew Grebneff, Professor Mike Gottfried, Richard's family, Heidi Lanauze, Hokotehi Moriori Trust
What
Field notebooks belonging to the late Dr. Richard Köhler provided crucial details for researchers to complete a study of a 55-million-year-old fossil fish found on Pitt Island, New Zealand.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:06:00 GMT · 3h 34m ago
Where
Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand ·
Why
Missing geological information about the fossil's discovery site, which Dr. Richard Köhler had recovered, was finally found in his donated field notebooks, enabling the completion of the study.
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The discovery and subsequent study of this 55-million-year-old tarpon fossil, named Ikawaihere koehleri, significantly expands knowledge of tarpons' evolutionary history and represents the first report of such a predatory bony fish from the Paleogene age in New Zealand, offering a rare glimpse into prehistoric marine life.
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3 events in this thread- Health & Science3h 34m agoField notebooks from a late paleontologist provided crucial details, enabling researchers to complete a study of a fossil fish discovered on Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands.Open article
- Currently Reading3h 34m agoField notebooks belonging to the late Dr. Richard Köhler provided crucial details for researchers to complete a study of a 55-million-year-old fossil fish found on Pitt Island, New Zealand.
- Health & Science3h 34m agoField notebooks recently recovered from a late paleontologist provided crucial details needed to complete a study of a remarkable fossil fish discovered nearly three decades ago, identifying it as a new tarpon species named Ikawaihere koehleri.Open article