Challenger Station 276 (Neogene of South Pacific)

Where: South Pacific (13.5° S, 149.5° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° S, 139.8° W)

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When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep-water; unlithified, red claystone

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 99584: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
16+ specimens
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon sp.
Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
"Globiocephalus sp." = Globicephala, Delphinus sp.
"Globiocephalus sp." = Globicephala Lesson 1828 pilot whale
Delphinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 common dolphin
Gnathostomata
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish