Where: New Zealand (44.7° S, 170.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° S, 176.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Upper Member (Otekaike Limestone Formation), Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
• Associated foraminifera indicate that this specimen falls into the Globigerina woodi connecta zone (at or shortly above the Oligocene–Miocene boundary, ca. 23.0 Ma [182, 218]), but predates the appearance of Ehrenbergina marwicki at 21.7 Ma [182].
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce. 2017. Cosmopolitanism and Miocene survival of Eomysticetidae (Cetacea: Mysticeti) revealed by new fossils from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 189024: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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