Also known as I40/f26

Where: North Otago, New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 174.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Otekaike Limestone Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Waitakian, Oligocene. In sandy limestone immediately above the lowest of three hard layers outcropping on the side of the hill.

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; sandy 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 63050: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.08.2006

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