Mohaka Crossing: Miocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Galeocerdo aculeatus
Davis 1888
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| recombined as Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | North Island | County: | Napier |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° South, 177.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° South, 179.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: stratigraphy is not clear |
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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 202916 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-07-23 09:27:42 | Last modified: | 2019-09-02 13:28:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-07-23 09:27:42 |
| 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:
| 19495 | F. Chapman. 1918. Descriptions and Revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Fish-remains of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Branch Palaeontological Bulletin 7:1-41 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen] |