Where: Otago, New Zealand (45.3° S, 170.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 177.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Thin lignite exposed in the base of a clay pit; early Miocene in age

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: amber

Reposited in the OU

• Repository: Otago University

Primary reference: A. R. Schmidt, U. Kaulfuss, J. M. Bannister, V. Baranov, C. Beimforde, N. Bleile, A. Borkent, A. Busch, J. G. Conran, M. S. Engel, M. Harvey, E. M. Kennedy, P. H. Kerr, E. Kettunen, A. P. Kiecksee, F. Lengeling, J. K. Lindqvist, M. Maraun, D. C. Mildenhall, V. Perrichot, and J. Rikkinen. 2018. Amber inclusions from New Zealand. Gondwana Research 56:135-146 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 191653: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.02.2018

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