Boulder Hill near Dunedin: Bartonian, New Zealand
collected by S.G. McMillan and R.E. Fordyce 1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Dermochelyidae
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Psephophorus terrypratchetti
Köhler 1995
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Köhler 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UO 22021 | ||||||||||
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= Psephophorus sp.
von Meyer 1847
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Kohler 1995 | |||||||||
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= Maorichelys wiffeni n. gen., n. sp.
Karl and Tichy 2007
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Karl and Tichy 2007 | |||||||||
| UO 22021 holotype | ||||||||||
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Dinophyceae
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Wetzeliella hampdenensis
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 45.8° South, 170.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.2° South, 168.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | Nannofossil zone: | Wetzeliella hampdenensis |
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Burnside | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Wetzeliella hampdenensis Zone, middle Bartonian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | S.G. McMillan and R.E. Fordyce | Collection dates: | 1988 |
| Collection method comments: Found in situ. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | I44/f183 | ||
| Database number: | 167345 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-12 00:22:33 | Last modified: | 2016-04-08 23:13:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-12 00:22:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54767. | R. Kohler. 1995. An Eocene turtle humerus (Dermochelyidae, Psephophorus) from New Zealand. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 30:101-106 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
| 54595 | H.-V. Karl and G. Tichy. 2007. Maorichelys wiffeni n. gen. n. sp., a new sea turtle from the Eocene of New Zealand (Chelonii:Dermochelyidae). Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 43(1):11-24 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 54768 | R. Köhler. 1995. A new species of the fossil turtle Psephophorus (Order Testudines) from the Eocene of the South Island, New Zealand. Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand 25(3):371-384 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen] |