Albatross Station 3683: Neogene, South Pacific

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
7 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
8 specimens
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina crassa Agassiz 1843
50 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:South Pacific
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 137.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.1° North, 129.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Neogene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red unlithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: red clay; light brown rad. 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
Collection method comments: dredged from a depth of 2690 fathoms
Metadata
Database number:99615
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-11-17 01:21:58 Last modified:2019-03-29 15:39:52
Access level:the public Released:2010-11-17 01:21:58
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:

12671 C. R. Eastman. 1908. Sharks' teeth and cetacean bones. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 26(4):179-189 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]