Also known as 144/fl26
Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.9° S, 170.4° E: paleocoordinates 53.2° S, 169.8° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Burside Mudstone Formation, Kaiatan (39.1 - 36.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 204233: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888 saw shark |