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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Galaxias kaikorai n. sp.
Galaxias kaikorai n. sp. Whitley 1956 eutherian |