Also known as E44/f5

Where: Southland, New Zealand (45.9° S, 168.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° S, 178.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: W. B. Benham. 1942. Fossil Cetacea of New Zealand V. -- Mauicetus, a generic name substituted for Lophacephalus Benham. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 71:260-270 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45666: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2004

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