Also known as Maerewhenua
Where: Southern Island, New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 174.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: lower Member (Kokoamu Greensand Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• late Oligocene; provisionally 28 Ma
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: R. E. Fordyce. 2002. Oligocene origins of skim-feeding right whales: A small archaic balaenid from New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):54A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 37602: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 17.03.2004, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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