Waimate Locality A ( of New Zealand)

Also known as J40/f19

Where: South Canterbury, New Zealand (44.8° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 175.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• Waitakian stage

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: R. E. Fordyce. 1980. The Fossil Cetacea of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 90:1-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45655: 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