Waimate Lime Quarries ( of New Zealand)

Also known as J40/f18

Where: South Canterbury, New Zealand (44.8° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° 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: G. G. Simpson. 1971. A review of the pre-Pliocene penguins of New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144(5):319-378 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45656: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2004

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Taxonomic list

Aves
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Aves indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 penguin
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon andrewi1 Benham 1942 toothed whale