Challenger Station 281 (Neogene of South Pacific)

Where: South Pacific (22.3° S, 150.3° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 140.3° W)

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When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: dredged from a depth of 2385 fathoms

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 99585: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
Gnathostomata
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Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish