Also known as I40/f26A
Where: North Otago, New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 174.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Otekaike Limestone Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• Waitakian, Oligocene
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•The precise stratigraphic context of OU 11573 is currently unknown, but likely falls within the early Waitakian (Oligocene, 25.2–23.0 Ma [2]). This estimate is supported by s strontium date of 23.8 ± 0.7 Ma for the horizon that yielded OU 22545. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: B. J. Marples. 1956. Cetotheres (Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(4):565-580 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45661: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mauicetus parki Benham 1937 whale |