Tata Island: Cretaceous, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Trygon sp. Cuvier 1817
synonym of Dasyatis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Lamna incurva Davis 1888
Davis 1888
recombined as Odontaspis incurva
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notidanus sp. Cuvier 1817
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island
Coordinates: 40.8° South, 172.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:76.7° South, 154.8° East
Time
Period:Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1-8
Key time interval:Cretaceous
Age range of interval:145.00000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
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
Also known as:Locality 662
Database number:204190
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-09-02 13:53:19 Last modified:2019-09-02 13:53:19
Access level:the public Released:2019-09-02 13:53:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

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]