PBDB Collection

Duntroon (Kokoamu Greensand) (Oligocene of New Zealand)

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: Kokoamu Greensand Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; limestone

• outer shelf to relatively shallow mid-shelf over time

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 63049: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
-	Manu antiquus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Manu antiquus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Marples 1946 bird listed from the Maerewhenua Greensand
Sphenisciformes -	Duntroonornis parvus n. gen. n. sp.⁵, "Pachydyptes novaezealandiae" = Platydyptes novaezealandiae⁵, ? Platydyptes marplesi n. sp.⁶, Kairuku sp.³ Duntroonornis parvus n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Marples 1952 penguin "Pachydyptes novaezealandiae" = Platydyptes novaezealandiae⁵ Oliver 1930 penguin ? Platydyptes marplesi n. sp.⁶ Simpson 1971 penguin Kairuku sp.³ Ksepka et al. 2012 penguin
Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae	Palaeeudyptes sp.⁶ Palaeeudyptes sp.⁶ Huxley 1859 penguin
Sphenisciformes -	Archaeospheniscus lowei n. gen. n. sp.⁵, Archaeospheniscus lopdelli n. sp.⁵ Archaeospheniscus lowei n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Marples 1952 penguin listed from the Maerewhenua Greensand Archaeospheniscus lopdelli n. sp.⁵ Marples 1952 penguin
Mammalia
Cetacea - Eomysticetidae	""Mauicetus" lophocephalus" = Tokarahia lophocephalus¹ ""Mauicetus" lophocephalus" = Tokarahia lophocephalus¹ Marples 1956 whale
Cetacea - Aetiocetidae	""Mauicetus" waitakiensis" = Tohoraata waitakiensis¹ ""Mauicetus" waitakiensis" = Tohoraata waitakiensis¹ Marples 1956 whale
Chondrichthyes
Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae	Pristiophorus lanceolatus² Pristiophorus lanceolatus² Davis 1888 saw shark

¹Fordyce and Roberts 2009; ²Keyes 1982; ³Ksepka et al. 2012; ⁴Marples 1946; ⁵Marples 1952; ⁶Simpson 1971