Chatham Rise (Miocene to of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (43.5° S, 180.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 173.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• late Miocene, 6-11 Ma

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Collection methods: bulk

• dredged from the ocean floor

Primary reference: R. E. Fordyce. 1984. Preliminary report on cetacean bones from Chatham Rise (New Zealand). Geologisches Jahrbuch (D 65)117-120 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87865: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet., ? Ziphiidae indet., cf. Hyperoodon sp.
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale
? Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale
1 or 2 spp.
cf. Hyperoodon sp. Lacépède 1804 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphinidae indet.
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. Abel 1901 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Delphinoidea indet.
Delphinoidea indet. Flower 1865 toothed whale
Delphinidae or Kentriodontidae indet., 1 or 2 spp.
 Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Phocoenidae indet.
Phocoenidae indet. Gray 1825 porpoise
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet., Lagenorhynchus sp.
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
4 different species
Lagenorhynchus sp. Gray 1846 dolphin
 Cetacea -
? Scaldicetus sp.
? Scaldicetus sp. Du Bus 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kogiidae
? Kogia sp.
? Kogia sp. Gray 1846 pygmy sperm whale