Also known as I41/f0198 and I41/f0129

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.0° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° S, 176.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Otekaike Limestone Formation, Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

• Foraminifera from the matrix of OU 22126 include specimens of the planktonic Globoquadrina dehiscens with a first appearance datum at the start of the Waitakian stage, indicating that OU 22126 is no older than 25.2 Ma (Raine et al. 2015), and likely closer to 24–23 Ma.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: A. Coste, R. E. Fordyce, and C. Loch. 2024. A new fossil dolphin with tusk-like teeth from New Zealand and an analysis of procumbent teeth in fossil cetaceans. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 54(5):738-757more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 235902: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.08.2024

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