Smite River (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (43.4° S, 171.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° S, 174.0° W)

When: Kokoamu Greensand Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 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 204235: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus
Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888 saw shark
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Eomysticetidae
Matapanui sp.
Matapanui sp. Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017 whale