Also known as G

Where: Canterbury, New Zealand (44.8° S, 171.2° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 169.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waihao Greensand Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• From collections throughout the Waihao Greensand, though most records are almost certainly from the Tahu Member (Kaiatan). Bortonian-Kaiatan in age (Late Eocene).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; bioturbated, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, green sandstone and sandy siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Material reposited in IGNS collections (NZ Geol. Surv.)

Primary reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1992. Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65:1-280 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45041: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.09.2004, edited by Mark Uhen

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