Burnside, Concord Greensand ( of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (44.5° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.3° S, 176.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Concord Formation, Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• greensand

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1971. A review of the pre-Pliocene penguins of New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144(5):319-378 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74595: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Chaeomysticeti indet.3 Mitchell 1989 whale
OU 21928
Aves
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Palaeeudyptes sp. Huxley 1859 penguin
Palaeeudyptes antarcticus2 Huxley 1859 penguin