S14/f6013 - Between Raglan and Kupakupa [Aotea Sandstone]: Whaingaroan, New Zealand
collected by Henderson 1969

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus rostratus d'Archiac 1850
SUBSPECIES: Eupatagus rostratus zitteli
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 37.6° South, 175.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.6° South, 179.6° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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:Aotea
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Aotea Formation. AGE: upper Whaingaroan (early Oligocene), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. 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
Museum repositories:IGNS
Collectors:Henderson Collection dates:1969
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Henderson, R.A., 1969. 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:N56/f0013; GS 268
Database number:155812
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-05-02 21:14:39 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2014-05-02 21:14:39
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]