Also known as P06/f1
Where: Northland, New Zealand (35.6° S, 173.7° E: paleocoordinates 71.9° S, 162.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Cretaceous (145.0 - 66.0 Ma)
• Uncertain provenance and could have come from the widespread Northland Allochthon
•(Early Cretaceous–Oligocene) or the allochthonous Houhora Complex (late Early Cretaceous) or Whatuwhiwhi Formation (latest Early to Late Cretaceous), perhaps by way of initial derivation from the Early Miocene Omapere Conglomerate
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by B. J. Morris in 1974
Primary reference: S. Sachs and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2003. An ichthyosaur fragment from the Cretaceous of Northland, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(1):307-314 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119008: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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cf. Platypterygius sp. von Huene 1922 ichthyosaur V345 - rostrum fragment, formed by the premaxillae and nasals (collection catalogue number AU 5648, Paleontology Collection, Department of Geology, University of Auckland, New Zealand)
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