Challenger Station 274: Neogene, South Pacific

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina sp. Agassiz 1838
9 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838
2 specimens
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
5 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
13 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850
Turner 1880
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821
Turner 1880
Globiocephalus sp. Gray 1846
Turner 1880
synonym of Globicephala
see common names

Geography
Country:South Pacific
Coordinates: 7.4° South, 152.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.8° South, 142.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene
Key time interval:Neogene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown unlithified radiolarite
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: reddish brown radiolarian ooze
Environment:deep-water 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:99582
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-11-16 08:48:39 Last modified:2014-06-25 16:07:55
Access level:the public Released:2010-11-16 08:48:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27111. C. R. Eastman. 1906. Sharks' teeth and cetacean bones. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50(4):75-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

34259 W. Turner. 1880. Report on the bones of Cetacea. Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Challenger during the years of 1873-76 4:1-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]