Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 174.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kokoamu Greensand Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. H. Tsai and R. E. Fordyce. 2016. Archaic baleen whale from the Kokoamu Greensand: earbones distinguish a new late Oligocene mysticete (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 46(2):117-138 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 173284: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 15.09.2015, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chaeomysticeti indet., Whakakai waipata n. gen. n. sp.
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