Napier (Pliocene of New Zealand)
Where: South Island, New Zealand (39.5° S, 176.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 177.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts. 2009. Fossil Pinnipedia and Cetacea. In D. P. Gordon (ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity 553 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 87896: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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? Pseudorca sp. Reinhardt 1862 false killer whale | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
Pristiophorus napierensis n. sp.
Pristiophorus napierensis n. sp. Chapman 1918 saw shark | |