Waimana f516 (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 6289

Where: New Zealand (38.2° S, 177.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 72.5° S, 156.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mangaotanean (93.7 - 90.5 Ma)

• ? Mangaotanean

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone and sandstone

• siltstone, sandstone, grit

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Speden. 1973. Distribution, stratigraphy and stratigraphic relationships of Cretaceous sediments, western Raukumara Peninsula, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 16(2):243-268 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37267: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 09.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp.
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cf. lapillicola
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp.
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus cf. bicorrugatus
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia sp.