R15/f8883 - Kawhia [Aotea Sandstone]: Whaingaroan, New Zealand
collected by Pain 1934
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Brissopsis praeluzonica
Fell 1964
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | 38.1° South, 175.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 49.0° South, 179.4° 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Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |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: | 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: | Pain | Collection dates: | 1934 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Pain, E.D., 1934. 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: | N73/f0883 | ||
Database number: | 155814 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2014-05-02 21:23:54 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-02 21:23:54 |
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] |