Waiatoto Spit (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.0° S, 168.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° S, 168.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. L. Carroll, M. R. McGowen, M. L. McCarthy, F. G. Marx, N. Aguilar, M. L. Dalebout, S. Dreyer, O. E. Gaggiotti, S. S. Hansen, A. Helden, A. B. Onoufriou, R. W. Baird, C. S. Baker, S. Berrow, D. Cholewiak, D. Claridge, R. Constantine, N. J. Davison, C. Eira, R. E. Fordyce, and J. Gat. 2021. Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20211213 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223352: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.11.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon eueu n. sp. Carroll et al. 2021 beaked whale
holotype NMNZ MM003000