Whareama (Paleogene of New Zealand)

Where: North Island, New Zealand (40.9° S, 176.1° E: paleocoordinates 53.0° S, 170.2° W)

When: Dannevirke (66.0 - 42.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Chapman. 1918. Descriptions and Revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Fish-remains of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Branch Palaeontological Bulletin 7:1-41 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204185: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Lamna incurva" = Odontaspis incurva
"Lamna incurva" = Odontaspis incurva Davis 1888 sand tiger shark