List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 or 2 spp. | ||||||||||
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cf. Hyperoodon sp.
Lacépède 1804
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Delphinoidea indet.
Flower 1865
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Delphinidae or Kentriodontidae indet., 1 or 2 spp. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Phocoenidae
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Phocoenidae indet.
(Gray 1825)
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Fordyce and Roberts 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| 4 different species | ||||||||||
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Lagenorhynchus sp.
Gray 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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cf. Scaldicetus sp.
Du Bus 1867
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= ? Scaldicetus sp.
Du Bus 1867
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Fordyce and Roberts 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kogiidae
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Kogia sp.
Gray 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= ? Kogia sp.
Gray 1846
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Fordyce and Roberts 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Eurhinodelphinidae indet.
(Abel 1901)
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Fordyce and Roberts 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° South, 180.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° South, 173.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: late Miocene, 6-11 Ma |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: dredged from the ocean floor | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 87865 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-26 14:31:51 | Last modified: | 2009-03-26 16:32:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-26 14:31:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12682. | R. E. Fordyce. 1984. Preliminary report on cetacean bones from Chatham Rise (New Zealand). Geologisches Jahrbuch (D 65)117-120 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 29544 | R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts. 2009. Fossil Pinnipedia and Cetacea. In D. P. Gordon (ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity 553 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |