Waitaki: Cenozoic, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon robustus Davis 1888
synonym of Carcharodon auriculatus
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island
Coordinates: 44.9° South, 170.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° South, 171.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:260 meters
Time
Key time interval:Cenozoic
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Oamaru
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Blueskin
Database number:204194
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-09-02 15:26:48 Last modified:2019-09-03 17:25:19
Access level:the public Released:2019-09-02 15:26:48
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]