Weka Pass: Waiauan, 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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Keyes 1972 | ||||||
| recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° South, 172.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.0° South, 178.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Waiauan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.05000 - 11.04000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Pliocene age stated in text, late Miocene age stated in NPC database, Waiauan |
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:Repository in Canterbury Museum | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | S68/f0221 | ||
| Database number: | 155343 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-04-09 14:40:33 | Last modified: | 2019-09-02 15:21:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-04-09 14:40:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15452. | J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |