List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Globigerinidae
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | South Island | County: | Oamaru |
| Coordinates: | 45.2° South, 170.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.7° South, 171.9° West (Wright 2013) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gee Greensand | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: A foraminiferal sample from OU 22466 includes the species Globorotalia [Globoturborotalita] connecta (upper Waitakian to basal Altonian Stage), and Haeus- lerella hectori (basal Waitakian to basal Altonian Stage). The ages above, from Hornibrook et al. (1989), indicate upper Waitakian to basal Altonian Stage, or in the range Chattian/Aquitanian to middle Burdigalian, 23 Ma to 18–19 Ma (Raine et al. 2015). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | J42/f0433 | ||
| Database number: | 224251 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-02-03 07:43:47 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-02-03 07:43:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 79465. | Y. Tanaka, M. Ortega, and R. E. Fordyce. 2023. A new early Miocene archaic dolphin (Odontoceti, Cetacea) from New Zealand, and brain evolution of the Odontoceti. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 66(1):59-73 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |