Where: Canterbury, New Zealand (44.4° S, 171.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.0° S, 172.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Globigerina woodi connecta foram zone, Gee Greensand Formation, Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)

• Also called Hutchinson's Quarry Beds.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P. Maxwell in 1992

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Material reposited in IGNS collections (NZ Geol. Surv.)

Primary reference: A. G. Beu, P.A. Maxwell, and R.C. Brazier. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179298: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.06.2016

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