Castle Hill Station: Miocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sargus laticonus Davis 1888
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis plicatilis Davis 1888
Myliobatis arcuatus Davis 1888
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo davisi Chapman and Pritchard 1904
Chapman 1918
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Galeocerdo aculeatus Davis 1888
recombined as Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis exigua Davis 1888
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon angustidens (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
Chapman 1918
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Oxyrhina acuminata Davis 1888
synonym of Carcharodon hastalis
Odontaspis contortidens (Agassiz 1843)
Chapman 1918
recombined as Lamna contortidens
Oxyrhina recta Davis 1888
synonym of Isurus retroflexus
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notidanus marginalis Davis 1888
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Trygon ensifer Davis 1888
recombined as Ikamauius ensiler
Lamna lanceolata Davis 1888
recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island County:Canterbury
Coordinates: 43.2° South, 171.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° South, 178.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Oamaru
Stratigraphy comments: Pareora System, Awatere series, Oamaru formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine 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:202915
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-07-23 09:22:13 Last modified:2019-07-23 09:22:13
Access level:the public Released:2019-07-23 09:22:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15452. J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48 [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]