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Field 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.
Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand
Who
Dr. Richard Köhler, Emeritus Professor Daphne Lee, Professor Ewan Fordyce, Andrew Grebneff, Professor Mike Gottfried, Heidi Lanauze, Hokotehi Moriori Trust
What
Field 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.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:06:00 GMT · 2h 19m ago
Where
Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand ·
Why
Crucial geological information about the fossil's discovery site was missing, halting research until Richard's field notebooks were recovered.
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The recovery of the notebooks allowed the completion of a study on a 55-million-year-old tarpon fossil, significantly expanding knowledge about tarpon evolutionary history in New Zealand and honoring the original discoverers.
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3 events in this thread- Currently Reading2h 19m 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.
- Health & Science2h 19m 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.Open article
- Health & Science2h 19m 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
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