ammonites
Duntroon (Otekaike Limestone) (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as I40/f26A

Where: North Otago, New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 174.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Otekaike Limestone Formation, Chattian (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Waitakian, Oligocene

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: B. J. Marples. 1956. Cetotheres (Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(4):565-580 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45661: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2004