Challenger Station 286 (Neogene of South Pacific)
Where: South Pacific (33.5° S, 133.4° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° S, 122.0° 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 2335 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 99587: 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 | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale | |
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin | |
Kogia sp. Gray 1846 pygmy sperm whale | |
"aff. Balaena australis" = Eubalaena australis
"aff. Balaena australis" = Eubalaena australis Desmoulins 1822 southern right whale | |
"aff. Balaenoptera antarctica" = Megaptera novaeangliae, "aff. Balaenoptera rostrata" = Balaenoptera acutorostrata
"aff. Balaenoptera antarctica" = Megaptera novaeangliae Brisson 1762 humpback whale
"aff. Balaenoptera rostrata" = Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804 minke whale | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish |