Frasers Gully (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.9° S, 170.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° S, 179.8° E)

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When: Kaikorai Leaf Beds Diatomite Formation, Lillburnian (15.1 - 13.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; diatomite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. H. Robinson, D. E. Lee, M. D. Richards, S. E. M. White, and R. E. Fordyce. 2024. The fossil vertebrate primary type specimens in the collection of the University of Otago Department of Geology. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 54(5):566-583more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 235919: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.08.2024

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Taxonomic list

Life
 Galaxiiformes - Galaxiidae
Galaxias kaikorai n. sp. Whitley 1956 eutherian