J40/f70 - Waihao River [Kokoamu Greensand]: Whaingaroan, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae
Matapa waihao n. gen., n. sp. Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017
1 specimen
recombined as Matapanui waihao
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Canterbury
Coordinates: 44.8° South, 171.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.6° South, 172.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3-4
Key time interval:Whaingaroan
Age range of interval:34.60000 - 27.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kokoamu Greensand
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: upper Whaingaroan
There is no independent evidence that it might be older than the Rupelian Chattian boundary at 28.1 Ma. We therefore use an age of 28.1 27.3 Ma.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: marly greensands
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:179790
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-06-30 19:56:41 Last modified:2016-06-30 19:56:41
Access level:the public Released:2016-06-30 19:56:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59630. R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce. 2017. A new eomysticetid from the Oligocene Kokoamu Greensand of New Zealand and a review of the Eomysticetidae (Mammalia, Cetacea). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(6):429-469 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]