N.Z. Cement Holdings Ltd. quarry, Burnside (greensand) ( of New Zealand)

Also known as I44/f9499, I44/f9499A, I44/f9499B

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.9° S, 170.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° S, 176.5° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Concord Greensand Formation, Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• greensand

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 204234: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888 saw shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Megascyliorhinus cooperi Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark