Also known as S1/f526, Puponga

Where: N. W. Nelson, New Zealand (40.5° S, 172.8° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° S, 177.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Abel Head Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

• Duntroonian, Middle Oligocene

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. M. Climo and A. N. Baker. 1972. A new shark-toothed dolphin (Cetacea: Squalodontidae) from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2(1):61-68 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13100: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.01.2002

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