Duntroon (Kokoamu Greensand) (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as I40/f26A

Where: North Otago, New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 174.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Kokoamu Greensand Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; limestone

• outer shelf to relatively shallow mid-shelf over time

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: B. J. Marples. 1956. Cetotheres (Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(4):565-580 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63049: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus2
Pristiophorus lanceolatus2 Davis 1888 saw shark
Aves
  -
Manu antiquus n. gen. n. sp.4
Manu antiquus n. gen. n. sp.4 Marples 1946 bird
listed from the Maerewhenua Greensand
 Sphenisciformes -
Archaeospheniscus lowei n. gen. n. sp.5, Archaeospheniscus lopdelli n. sp.5, Duntroonornis parvus n. gen. n. sp.5
Archaeospheniscus lowei n. gen. n. sp.5 Marples 1952 penguin
listed from the Maerewhenua Greensand
Archaeospheniscus lopdelli n. sp.5 Marples 1952 penguin
Duntroonornis parvus n. gen. n. sp.5 Marples 1952 penguin
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Palaeeudyptes sp.6
Palaeeudyptes sp.6 Huxley 1859 penguin
 Sphenisciformes -
? Platydyptes marplesi n. sp.6, "Pachydyptes novaezealandiae" = Platydyptes novaezealandiae5, Kairuku sp.3
? Platydyptes marplesi n. sp.6 Simpson 1971 penguin
"Pachydyptes novaezealandiae" = Platydyptes novaezealandiae5 Oliver 1930 penguin
Kairuku sp.3 Ksepka et al. 2012 penguin
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
""Mauicetus" waitakiensis" = Tohoraata waitakiensis1
""Mauicetus" waitakiensis" = Tohoraata waitakiensis1 Marples 1956 whale
 Cetacea - Eomysticetidae
""Mauicetus" lophocephalus" = Tokarahia lophocephalus1
""Mauicetus" lophocephalus" = Tokarahia lophocephalus1 Marples 1956 whale
1Fordyce and Roberts 2009; 2Keyes 1982; 3Ksepka et al. 2012; 4Marples 1946; 5Marples 1952; 6Simpson 1971