Karioitahi Beach, Waiuku (Holocene of New Zealand)

Where: North Island, New Zealand (37.3° S, 174.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° S, 174.6° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. N. Baker, A. N. H. Smith, and F. B. Pichler. 2002. Geographical variation in Hector's dolphin: Recognition of new subspecies of Cephalorhynchus hectori. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32(4):713-727 [T. Park/T. Park]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 230220: authorized by Travis Park, entered by Travis Park on 24.05.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Cephalorhynchus hectori Van Beneden 1881 dolphin