J40/f8376 - Waihao River [Waihao Lmst] (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as N73/f0884

Where: New Zealand (44.8° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 174.5° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waihao Limestone Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Waihao Limestone. AGE: Duntroonian (middle Oligocene), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by McKay in 1880

• COLLECTOR: McKay, A., 1880. REPOSITORY: GNS, New Zealand

Primary reference: R. A. Henderson. 1975. Cenozoic Spatangoid Echinoids from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 46:1-129 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155847: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Spatangoida. Other taxonomic groups (e.g., foraminifera) are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative nomenclature, although somewhat antiquated.
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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Taimanawa greyi, Eupatagus rostratus
Taimanawa greyi Hutton 1873 heart urchin
Eupatagus rostratus d'Archiac 1850 heart urchin
SUBSPECIES: Eupatagus rostratus zitteli
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Lambertona lyoni, Kina gracilis
Lambertona lyoni Hutton 1873 heart urchin
Kina gracilis Henderson 1975 heart urchin