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
Brissopsis praeluzonica Fell 1964
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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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]