Also known as S136/f717; ; Coll# 3006 (Hendy PhD)
Where: New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.8° E: paleocoordinates 56.4° S, 162.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kauru Formation (Fuchsia Group), Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Kauru Fm, either locally overlying Kakanui Metamorphic Group (Paleozoic) or Papakaio Fm (Piripauan), and overlain locally by Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone (Bortonian). AGE: upper part of Wangaloan of Gage (1957) (disused according to Cooper et al. 2004) = ?late Teurian (current NZ stage usage) = Selandian-Thanetian.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Collected by various authors, which may include: Marwick (1924-1944), Laws (1930-1941), and Powell (1942). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64703: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Amauropsona sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 moon snail | |
? Priscoficus sp. Conrad 1866 fig shell | |
Bivalvia | |
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Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam |