Challenger Station 289 (Neogene of South Pacific)

Where: South Pacific (39.7° S, 131.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° S, 119.4° 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 2550 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 99611: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina sp. Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual