Where: New Zealand (40.9° S, 177.0° E: paleocoordinates 75.0° S, 167.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Maringi Formation (Mangapurupuru Group), Motuan (103.3 - 99.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Maringi Fm, which unconformably overlies Torlesse greywacke, and is overlain by the Springhill Fm (Cenomanian). AGE: Motuan (=Albian), and probably extending down to the Urutawan, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. Here placed in Motuan = Albian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite for entire formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).

Primary reference: M. R. Johnston. 1980. Geology of the Tinui-Awatoitoi District. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 94:1-62 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83438: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.08.2008

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