Oaro (Holocene of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (42.5° S, 173.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° S, 173.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• remains of living animals, not fossils
Environment/lithology: shoreface
Primary reference: A. N. Baker and A. L. van Helden. 1999. New records of beaked whales, genus Mesoplodon, from New Zealand (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 29(3):235-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 68033: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.12.2006