Duntroon (Kokoamu Greensand): Duntroonian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Duntroonornis parvus n. gen., n. sp. Marples 1952
Marples 1952 1 specimen
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Palaeeudyptes sp. Huxley 1859
Simpson 1971
Reptilia
Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Huxley 1859
Marples 1952 3 specimens
    = Kairuku sp. Ksepka et al. 2012
Ksepka et al. 2012
? Platydyptes marplesi n. sp. Simpson 1971
Simpson 1971 1 individual
Pachydyptes novaezealandiae Oliver 1930
Marples 1952 2 specimens
recombined as Platydyptes novaezealandiae
Archaeospheniscus lopdelli n. sp. Marples 1952
Marples 1952 1 specimen
Archaeospheniscus lowei n. gen., n. sp. Marples 1952
Marples 1952 2 specimens
listed from the Maerewhenua Greensand
Manu antiquus n. gen., n. sp. Marples 1946
Marples 1946 1 specimen
listed from the Maerewhenua Greensand
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae
Mauicetus lophocephalus n. sp. Marples 1956
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
    = "Mauicetus" lophocephalus Marples 1956
Fordyce and Roberts 2009
recombined as Tokarahia lophocephalus
Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
Mauicetus waitakiensis n. sp. Marples 1956
1 specimen
    = "Mauicetus" waitakiensis Marples 1956
Fordyce and Roberts 2009
recombined as Tohoraata waitakiensis
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus (Davis 1888)
Keyes 1982
recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:North Otago
Coordinates: 44.9° South, 170.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.1° South, 174.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Duntroonian
Age range of interval:27.30000 - 25.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kokoamu Greensand
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: outer shelf to relatively shallow mid-shelf over time
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:I40/f26A
Database number:63049
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-08-03 07:39:08 Last modified:2019-07-26 16:12:08
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-03 07:39:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15371. B. J. Marples. 1956. Cetotheres (Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(4):565-580 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

12036 R. E. Fordyce. 1980. The Fossil Cetacea of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 90:1-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
61724 I. W. Keyes. 1982. The Cenozoic sawshark Pristiophorus lanceolatus (Davis) (Order Selachii) of New Zealand and Australia, with a review of the phylogeny and distribution of world fossil and extant Pristiophoridae. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 25(4):459-474 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]
40709 D. T. Ksepka, R. E. Fordyce, T. Ando and C. M. Jones. 2012. New fossil penguins (AVes, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(2):235-254 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29552 B. J. Marples. 1946. Notes on some neognathous bird bones from the early Tertiary of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 76(2):132-134 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29640 B. J. Marples. 1952. Early Tertiary penguins of New Zealand. New zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 20:1-66 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
25069 G. G. Simpson. 1971. A review of the pre-Pliocene penguins of New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144(5):319-378 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]