Where: New Zealand (41.2° S, 175.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 85.0° S, 155.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Stronvar Member (Mangapokia Formation), Motuan (103.3 - 99.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Stronvar Mbr of the Mangapokia Fm, which is unconformably overlain by the Gentle Annie and Springill Fm (Albian) of the Mangapururpuru Gp. The Taipo Fm interfingers with the Mangapokia Fm. AGE: Motuan (=Albian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite for entire member.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: P. R. Moore and I. G. Speden. 1984. The Early Cretaceous (Albian) sequence of eastern Wairarapa, New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Society Bulletin 97:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83503: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aucellina euglypha scallop |