Challenger Station 248 (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Hawaii (37.7° N, 177.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 167.6° W)

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When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep-water; unlithified, red claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. R. Eastman. 1906. Sharks' teeth and cetacean bones. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50(4):75-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 99579: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark