Dovedale Stream (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as N34/f32

Where: New Zealand (43.1° S, 172.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° S, 178.3° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Waiauan (12.7 - 11.6 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 204244: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888 saw shark