Target Gully (Miocene of New Zealand)
Also known as J41/f8498
Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.1° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° S, 177.1° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. M. Keyes. 1984. New records of fossil elasmobranch genera Megascyliorhinus, Centrophorus, and Dalatias (Order Selachii) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 27(2):203-216 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 204279: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri | |
"Scopelus circularis" = Hygophum circularis
"Scopelus circularis" = Hygophum circularis Frost 1924 lanternfish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Megascyliorhinus cooperi Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark |