Sisters Stream (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.7° S, 173.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° S, 171.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: lower Member (Otekaike Limestone Formation), Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. G. Beu. 1977. New Zealand Cenozoic gastropods of the genus Xenophora, Fischer 1807. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7(2):229-241 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91675: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.10.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
listed as "whale"
 Cetacea - Eomysticetidae
Tokarahia sp. Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015 whale
OU 22783
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora prognata carrier shell