Where: New Zealand (43.9° S, 176.5° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° S, 153.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Te One Limestone Formation, Bortonian to Bortonian (42.6 - 34.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P. A. Maxwell
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 204249: 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 |