Challenger Station 285 (Neogene of South Pacific)
Where: South Pacific (32.6° S, 137.7° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° S, 126.7° W)
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When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep-water; unlithified, red claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: dredged from a depth of 2375 fathoms
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 99586: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
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Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale | |
"Globiocephalus sp." = Globicephala, Delphinus sp.
"Globiocephalus sp." = Globicephala Lesson 1828 pilot whale
Delphinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 common dolphin | |
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Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual | |
| Gnathostomata | |
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Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |