List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Brissopsis informal sp. A
Agassiz 1840
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° South, 174.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° South, 176.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pakaurangi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pakaurangi Formation. AGE: Otaian-Altonian (early Miocene), on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,glauconitic,pyritic,quartzose,tuffaceous poorly lithified carbonaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Medium sand and silt, calcareous, highly quartzose; carbonaceous (abundant); tuffaceous; glauconitic; pyritic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | IGNS | ||
| Collectors: | Jones | Collection dates: | 1966 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Jones, B., 1966. REPOSITORY: GNS, New Zealand | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Spatangoida. Other taxonomic groups (e.g., foraminifera) are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative nomenclature, although somewhat antiquated. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | N28/f880 | ||
| Database number: | 155799 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-05-02 18:51:46 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-02 18:51:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50994. | R. A. Henderson. 1975. Cenozoic Spatangoid Echinoids from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 46:1-129 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |