Where: Otago, New Zealand (45.0° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° S, 174.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kokoamu Greensand Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, glauconitic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by R. E. Fordyce, A. Grebneff, and B. Black in 1995; reposited in the OU

Primary reference: M. D. Gottfried, R. E. Fordyce, and S. Rust. 2006. Megalampris keyesi, a Giant Moonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes) from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand. 26(3):544-551 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133338: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 10.09.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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