Karitane (Miocene of New Zealand)
Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.6° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° S, 178.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Caversham Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)
• age from Aguirre-Fernandez and Fordyce 2011
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
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 87899: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.03.2009
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Kentriodon cf. pernix Kellogg 1927 toothed whale |