Pakaurangi Point (Miocene to of New Zealand)

Also known as N28/f874

Where: New Zealand (36.2° S, 174.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° S, 176.8° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pakaurangi Formation, Otaian to Otaian (21.7 - 15.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. G. Beu, R. A. Henderson, and C. S. Nelson. 1972. Notes on the taphonomy and paleoecology of New Zealand tertiary spatangoida. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 15(2):275-286 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204254: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Pericosmus sp. Agassiz 1847 heart urchin
sp. nov.