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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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodon cf. pernix Kellogg 1927 toothed whale