Kakanui (Paleogene of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (45.2° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° S, 172.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Ototara Limestone Formation, Whaingaroan (34.6 - 27.3 Ma)
• Age and formation after Ksepka et al (2012)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. H. Huxley. 1859. On a fossil bird and a fossil cetacean from New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 15:670-677 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74587: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Aves | |
Palaeudyptes antarcticus n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeudyptes antarcticus n. gen. n. sp. Huxley 1859 penguin |