Challenger Station 274: Neogene, South Pacific
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Odontaspidida
- Isuridae
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Oxyrhina sp.
Agassiz 1838
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9 specimens | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon sp.
Smith 1838
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2 specimens | ||||||
Lamna sp.
Cuvier 1816
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5 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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13 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Mesoplodon sp.
Gervais 1850
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Turner 1880 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Turner 1880 | ||||||
Globiocephalus sp.
Gray 1846
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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] |