R13/f6864 - Waikato South Head [Glen Massey Fm]: Whaingaroan, New Zealand
collected by Balance, Grant-Mackie 1960
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Loveniidae
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Lovenia tuberculata
(Peron and Gauthier 1885)
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| original and current combination Tuberaster tuberculatus | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Eupatagus rostratus
d'Archiac 1850
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| SUBSPECIES: Eupatagus rostratus zitteli | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 37.4° South, 174.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° South, 179.9° 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| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From 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: | medium poorly lithified calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Calcareous medium sand. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
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: | Balance, Grant-Mackie | Collection dates: | 1960 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Ballance, P.F.; Grant-Mackie, J.A. 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/f0864 | ||
| Database number: | 155806 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-05-02 20:54:27 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-02 20:54:27 |
| 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] |