Oamaru (Eocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (45.2° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° S, 170.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Runangan (36.0 - 34.3 Ma)

• Ototaran, Miocene (Oliver, 1930)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. R. B. Oliver. 1930. New Zealand Birds [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74600: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Giraliaster sulcatus Hutton 1873 sea urchin
Aves
 Sphenisciformes -
"Pachydyptes novaezealandiae n. sp." = Platydyptes novaezealandiae
"Pachydyptes novaezealandiae n. sp." = Platydyptes novaezealandiae Oliver 1930 penguin