List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Archaeoceti indet.
Flower 1883
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1 specimen | ||||||
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= ? Basilosaurinae indet.
Miller 1923
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Fordyce and Roberts 2009 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | South Canterbury |
| Coordinates: | 44.2° South, 171.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.8° South, 167.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: glauconitic quartz sandstone | |
| 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: | J38/f5;J38/496733 | ||
| Database number: | 79346 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-03 08:25:56 | Last modified: | 2019-11-20 12:19:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-03 08:25:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12022. | R. E. Fordyce. 1985. Late Eocene archaeocete whale (Archaeoceti: Dorudontinae) from Waihao, South Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 28:351-357 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 29544 | R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts. 2009. Fossil Pinnipedia and Cetacea. In D. P. Gordon (ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity 553 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |