Also known as GS6439
Where: New Zealand (41.0° S, 175.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 84.8° S, 155.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maringi Formation (Mangapurupuru Group), Motuan (103.3 - 99.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Maringi Fm, which unconformably overlies Torlesse greywacke, and is overlain by the Springhill Fm (Cenomanian). AGE: Motuan (=Albian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Henderson & Wellman; reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: R. Henderson, H. Wellman. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: M. R. Johnston. 1980. Geology of the Tinui-Awatoitoi District. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 94:1-62 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83446: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Parvamussium sp. Sacco 1897 mud scallop | |
Aucellina cf. euglypha scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Wellmanites sp. Wright 1957 ammonite |