Also known as White Rock River Quarry, S67/f27
Where: North Canterbury, New Zealand (43.1° S, 172.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° S, 172.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Berrydale Greensand Member (Omihi Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• Whaingaroan-Duntroonian stage, Weka Pass Stone; Oligocene
Environment/lithology: deep-water; glauconitic, green limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45657: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Squalodon serratus n. sp.
Squalodon serratus n. sp. Davis 1888 whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Lamna incurva" = Odontaspis incurva
"Lamna incurva" = Odontaspis incurva Davis 1888 sand tiger shark | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Nodosariata | |