Castle Hill Station (Miocene of New Zealand)
Where: South Island, New Zealand (43.2° S, 171.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° S, 178.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Oamaru Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Pareora System, Awatere series, Oamaru formation
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 202915: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, "Oxyrhina acuminata" = Carcharodon hastalis, "Oxyrhina recta" = Isurus retroflexus, "Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
"Oxyrhina acuminata" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
"Oxyrhina recta" = Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
"Carcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
"Carcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Odontaspis exigua Davis 1888 sand tiger shark | |
Galeocerdo davisi Chapman and Pritchard 1904 tiger shark | |
"Galeocerdo aculeatus" = Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus
"Galeocerdo aculeatus" = Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus Davis 1888 blue shark | |
Myliobatis plicatilis Davis 1888 eagle ray
Myliobatis arcuatus Davis 1888 eagle ray | |
"Trygon ensifer" = Ikamauius ensiler, "Lamna lanceolata" = Pristiophorus lanceolata
"Trygon ensifer" = Ikamauius ensiler Davis 1888 saw shark
"Lamna lanceolata" = Pristiophorus lanceolata Davis 1888 saw shark | |
Notidanus marginalis Davis 1888 cow shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Sargus laticonus Davis 1888 |