Karamea (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (41.2° S, 172.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° S, 177.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• late Oligocene

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Primary reference: R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts. 2009. Fossil Pinnipedia and Cetacea. In D. P. Gordon (ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity 553 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87891: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
baleen-bearing