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)
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Galeocerdo aculeatus" = Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus
"Galeocerdo aculeatus" = Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus Davis 1888 blue shark |