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
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Chondrichthyes | |
Oxyrhina sp. Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual |