R13/f6677 - Waikawau Stream [Elgood Limestone]: Whaingaroan, New Zealand
collected by Purser
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Taimanawa greyi
(Hutton 1873)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | 37.5° South, 174.7° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° South, 180.0° East |
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3-4 |
Key time interval: | Whaingaroan |
Age range of interval: | 34.60000 - 27.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Glen Massey | Member: | Elgood Limestone | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Elgood Limestone Member of the Glen Massey Formation. AGE: lower Whaingaroan (early Oligocene), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified sandy "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone, sandy matrix. LITHIFICATION: Lithified. | |
Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
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 |
Collectors: | Purser |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Purser, B., 1952. REPOSITORY: Auckland University, 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: | N51/f0677 | ||
Database number: | 155801 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2014-05-02 19:11:16 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-02 19:11:16 |
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] |