Landon Creek (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as J41/f9529

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.0° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° S, 174.5° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; green sandstone

• greensand

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. M. Keyes. 1984. New records of fossil elasmobranch genera Megascyliorhinus, Centrophorus, and Dalatias (Order Selachii) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 27(2):203-216 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204280: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Megascyliorhinus cooperi Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark