Patutahi Quarry: Opoitian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Gisborne |
| Coordinates: | 38.6° South, 177.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.7° South, 178.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Opoitian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 7.2 to 3.7 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tokomaru | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Pliocene age stated in text, however NPC database reveal a 11-5.3 age for this loc.
Taranaki Series |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:On loan to Gisborne museum. Cast at the NZ Geological Survey | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | N97/f0479 | ||
| Database number: | 155341 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2014-04-09 14:20:26 | Last modified: | 2019-02-19 12:55:25 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2016-04-09 14:20:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48465. | I. W. Keyes. 1972. New records of the Elasmobranch C. Megalodon (Agassiz) and a review of the genus Carcharodon in the New Zealand fossil record. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 15(2):228-242 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento] |
Secondary references:
| 13595 | R. W. Boessenecker, D. J. Eheret, D. J. Long, M. Churchill, E. Martin and S. J. Boessenecker. 2019. The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific. PeerJ 7:e6088 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |