Oamaru: Miocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina vonhaastii n. sp. Davis 1888
nomen dubium belonging to Oxyrhina
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Lamna ensiculata n. sp. Davis 1888
recombined as Odontaspis ensiculata
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island
Coordinates: 46.4° South, 169.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.6° South, 179.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
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:204196
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-09-02 16:33:54 Last modified:2019-09-03 16:05:14
Access level:the public Released:2019-09-02 16:33:54
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]