Early Paleocene marine vertebrates from the Wangaloa Formation, South Island, New Zealand

Early Paleocene vertebrate material from the Wangaloa Formation, South Island, comprises newly discovered remains of turtles, chimaeroids, and a probable mylioba-tid. This is the first report of non-chondrichthyan vertebrate material from this formation and the earliest known Cenozoic chimaeroid fro...

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Published in:New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics 2007-03, Vol.50 (1), p.33-37
Main Authors: Buchanan, Lucas A., Consoli, Christopher P., Stilwell, Jeffrey D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chelonioidea
Chimaeroidei
myliobatid
New Zealand
Paleocene
Wangaloa Formation
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Summary:Early Paleocene vertebrate material from the Wangaloa Formation, South Island, comprises newly discovered remains of turtles, chimaeroids, and a probable mylioba-tid. This is the first report of non-chondrichthyan vertebrate material from this formation and the earliest known Cenozoic chimaeroid from New Zealand. The material helps to deduce the composition of vertebrate assemblages during the biotic stabilisation phase a few million years after the K-Pg mass extinction event c. 65 Ma.
ISSN:0028-8306
1175-8791
DOI:10.1080/00288300709509818