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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
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"Elachorbis hawera n. sp." = Pterolabrella hawera2
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Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Linucula) aptera n. sp.2
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Cuna morator n. sp.2
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Mammalia | |
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Eomonachus belegaerensis n. gen. n. sp.3
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