Napier: Late/Upper Pliocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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? Pseudorca sp.
Reinhardt 1862
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chapman 1918 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Pristiophoridae
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Pristiophorus napierensis n. sp.
Chapman 1918
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | South Island |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° South, 176.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° South, 177.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal 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: | 87896 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-27 08:25:44 | Last modified: | 2019-09-02 13:44:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-27 08:25:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
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] |