S68/f1124 - Weka Pass [Mt Brown Limestone] (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (43.1° S, 172.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° S, 176.2° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mt Brown Limestone Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mt Brown Limestone. AGE: Altonian (early Miocene), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Not reported, but probably poorly lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: R. A. Henderson. 1975. Cenozoic Spatangoid Echinoids from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 46:1-129 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155838: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Spatangoida. Other taxonomic groups (e.g., foraminifera) are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative nomenclature, although somewhat antiquated.
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Magadina sp. Thomson 1915
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Loveniidae
"Lovenia tuberculata" = Hemipatagus tuberculatus
"Lovenia tuberculata" = Hemipatagus tuberculatus Peron and Gauthier 1885 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Pericosmus crawfordi Hutton 1873 heart urchin