List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis cf. winkleri
Leriche 1905
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3 specimens | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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9 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | 43.1° South, 172.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 54.5° South, 159.5° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Waipara Greensand |
Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandstone |
Lithology description: formation is "a sparsely fossiliferous, fine- to medium-grained, richly glauconitic quartzose sandstone" | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: formation is thought to be "nearshore marine, or possibly estuarine" but shark fauna suggests a "mid-shelf interpretation" of the environment |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float) |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: "specimens were recovered from loose weathered material that accumulates at the foot of steep banks... Sieving of this sediment proved unsuccessful"
Canterbury Museum collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | Waipara River | ||
Database number: | 90582 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-08-07 16:12:16 | Last modified: | 2023-05-04 12:36:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-08-07 16:12:16 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
30481. | A. A. Mannering and N. Hiller. 2008. An early Cenozoic neoselachian shark fauna from the South Pacific. Palaeontology 51(6):1341-1365 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |