Kurow Road (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as J41/f9499B

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.0° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 171.0° E)

When: Rifle Butts Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 204242: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Squaliformes - Centrophoridae
Centrophorus squamosus Bonnaterre 1788 gulper shark
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888 saw shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Megascyliorhinus cooperi Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark