Hawkes Bay (Eocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (39.5° S, 176.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° S, 175.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts. 2009. Fossil Pinnipedia and Cetacea. In D. P. Gordon (ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity 553 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87886: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
? Dorudontinae indet. Miller 1923 whale
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis incurva Davis 1888 sand tiger shark