Clarendon (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as H45/f19

Where: South Otago, New Zealand (44.1° S, 170.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.3° S, 175.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Milburn Limestone Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Waitakian, Oligocene; the Oligocene portion of the Waitakian is Chattian

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: W. B. Benham. 1937. On Lophocephalus, a new genus of zeuglodont Cetacea. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 67(1):1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45654: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon andrewi Benham 1942 toothed whale