Waitaki ( of New Zealand)
Also known as Blueskin
Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.9° S, 171.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Oamaru Formation, Cenozoic (66.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
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 204194: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharodon robustus" = Carcharodon auriculatus
"Carcharodon robustus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark |