Where: North Island, New Zealand (39.6° S, 177.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° S, 177.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Opoitian Sandstones Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• [fossils] "were imbedded in a cliff face about 20 ft. above sea-level and were overlain by about 200 ft. of shingle conglomerate

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•Originally identified as Pliocene in age, but now thought to be Holocene according to Weston et al. (1973).

Environment/lithology: coastal; conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: midden

Primary reference: J. A. Berry. 1928. A new species of fossil Arctocephalus from Cape Kidnappers. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 59:208-211 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87900: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.03.2009

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