Where: New Zealand (39.6° S, 174.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 174.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tangahoe Formation, Waipipian (3.7 - 3.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. A. McKee and R. E. Fordyce. 1987. Dolphin mandible (Delphinidae) from the Wipipian Stage (Pliocene), Waihi Beach, Taranaki, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 30:321-323 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87884: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.03.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

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