Also known as J42/f12
Where: North Otago, New Zealand (45.2° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.6° S, 179.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Gee Greensand Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• Otaian or Altonian stage. Originally said to be from the Rifle Butts Formation; assigned to the Gee Greensand by Ortega & Fordyce 2009.
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: W. B. Benham. 1935. A reptilian jaw from Kakanui, South Island, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 65:232-238 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45659: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Prosqualodon sp. Lydekker 1894 toothed whale | |
Squalodelphinidae indet. Dal Piaz 1917 toothed whale | |
Tangaroasaurus kakanuiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Tangaroasaurus kakanuiensis n. gen. n. sp. Benham 1935 toothed whale |