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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Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 penguin | |
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