Where: New Zealand (44.8° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.3° S, 167.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Waihao Greensand Formation, Bortonian to Bortonian (42.6 - 36.7 Ma)
• fossils not found in situ
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Köhler. 1995. A new species of the fossil turtle Psephophorus (Order Testudines) from the Eocene of the South Island, New Zealand. Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand 25(3):371-384 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167711: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 29.03.2015, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Psephophorus terrypratchetti Köhler 1995 leatherback | |
Gastropoda | |
Athleta mimica n. sp.
Athleta mimica n. sp. Maxwell 2003 volute |