Mohaka Crossing (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: North Island, New Zealand (39.1° S, 177.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° S, 179.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• stratigraphy is not clear

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 202916: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
"Galeocerdo aculeatus" = Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus
"Galeocerdo aculeatus" = Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus Davis 1888 blue shark