Where: Chatham Islands Territory, New Zealand (43.8° S, 176.7° W: paleocoordinates 57.4° S, 140.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Takatika Grit Formation (Tioriori Group), Maastrichtian to Maastrichtian (72.1 - 61.6 Ma)
• "mixed K/T microfossils present"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; glauconitic, phosphatic, volcaniclastic, shelly/skeletal, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. D. Stilwell, C. P. Consoli, R. Sutherland, S. Salisbury, T. H. Rich, P. A. Vickers-Rich, P. J. Currie and G. J. Wilson. 2006. Dinosaur sanctuary on the Chatham Islands, southwest Pacific: first record of theropods from the K-T boundary Takatika Grit. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 230:243-250 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58497: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 09.02.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
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