Challenger Station 274 (Neogene of South Pacific)

Where: South Pacific (7.4° S, 152.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 142.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep-water; unlithified radiolarite

• reddish brown radiolarian ooze

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. R. Eastman. 1906. Sharks' teeth and cetacean bones. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50(4):75-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 99582: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina sp.
Oxyrhina sp. Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon sp., Lamna sp.
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838 white shark
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon sp.
Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet., "Globiocephalus sp." = Globicephala
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
"Globiocephalus sp." = Globicephala Lesson 1828 pilot whale