Also known as GS5654

Where: New Zealand (45.0° S, 170.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.5° S, 160.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Incholme Glauconitic Sand Member (Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Incholme Glauconitic Sand Mbr of the Tapui Glauconitic Sand Fm, immediately overlying the Kauru Fm (Teurian), and overlain locally by Raki Siltstone (Kaiatan). AGE: upper Bortonian of Gage (1957) = Bartonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper member within the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, micaceous, calcareous, carbonaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Collected by various authors, which may include: Marwick (1924-1944), Laws (1930-1941), and Powell (1942). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).

Primary reference: M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64751: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2006

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